Bible Verse:
Luke 9:57-62 Exacting Discipleship
57. As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
58. And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
59. And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
60. But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”
61. Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.”
62. But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
My Remarks:
Follow a KOL is easy nowadays. You can like her and her feeds will send to you for viewing automatically. She then gains popularity when many people liked her posts. Hence, she will prepare her feeds based on the likes.
It’s somewhat different to follow God as I experienced. He won’t scold you, but He’ll let you know something’s wrong. It’s always your choice to follow Him or ignore it.
We discussed the possible situations during the discipleship in this week’s fellowship.
1. Actively Following
Jesus’s response: I have nowhere to lay my head.
The house symbolises your shields and the door is the excuse to follow Jesus. In this situation, you’ve not only opened the door to let Jesus in. You also let Jesus take you out of your comfort zone. You can then find there’s a world outside.
2. By Invitation with excuses
Jesus’s Response: Let the excuses go and you go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.
In this situation, your door is knocked by Jesus. You opened the door to let Him in and He asked you to go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God. You answered Him by knocking other’s door.
3. Actively Following with excuses
Jesus’s Response: You are not fit for the Kingdom of God.
In this situation, you trapped yourself in your house.
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