Amazing God of hills and valleys, bless the needs of this dear reader as they travel through life today; in Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
Here is our text today: Luke 9:51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; 53 but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 55 But he turned and rebuked them. 56 Then they went on to another village. 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, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 60 But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
When God places His hand on your life, what do you do? When God nudges at your heart, what do you do? It is always to an exciting and reward place that God calls, but many times our limited thinking and fears get in the way and we seek shelter in the known rather than the new. Those who say YES to God find God leading them to rewarding and satisfying places where differences are made and lives are changed.
What's your excuse? Are you still living among the "dead," taking care of self or family-imposed obligation? Jesus calls us forward with the assurance and promise that we don't ever travel alone.
PRAYER: Loving God, help me to see beyond my fears to Your faith. Travel with me as I say yes to Your call on my life. In Jesus' precious and powerful name I pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
PS Dear friends, sorry that Nellie and I have been traveling and into places where the Internet was not free, thus my "silence" these past couple of days. God has been with you as has His word.
