Friday, June 16, 2023

    Luke 9:46-62

       They followed Jesus and didn’t grasp what it meant.  Me too!  What did they give up to follow?  Home?  Yes!  Family?  Yes!  Friends?  Yes!  They did all that and more, but some wouldn’t (57-62).

       On a lonely road between Newton and Notchaway Creek, I said yes!  And for years, it cost me.  I gave up career, family, home, and friends.  But in time, God gave it back to me and even more.  I didn’t know it at the time.  I could never have grasped it.  For years, the sight of mama crying as a I drove away to college, hurt me.  But God gave her back to me.  Perhaps God gave her back because I needed her.

       Following is an act of faith.  We follow expecting to lose it all.  We follow because He called.  We follow and God gives back as He wishes.  Loving God, all I am and all I have is You.  I leave it all to have You, to know You.  Amen!