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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, September 22, 2025
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Procrastination BibleVerse:Luke 9:57-62 (ESV) "As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 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.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”" Message:
Jesus is on the road, headed for Jerusalem and death. The first comment probably was occasioned by the preceding verses, in which we are told that he attempted to stop in a Samaritan village but was told to keep moving. Jesus literally has nowhere to sleep for the night; so he lets his followers know that following him means not having a home. But he also lets us know, by implication, how difficult it might be for us to follow him. In fact, in one sense, he is leaving his earthly home altogether, and the disciples will not be able to follow him (at least not immediately).
Palm Sunday
The second and third paragraphs are easier to interpret. Two people tell Jesus that they will follow him, as soon as they get done with some other things. We face the problem every day in our own lives. We want to do something of ultimate importance, but there is something else that we think requires our immediate attention. We postpone what is important for something immediate.
In secular life, we will go on a diet or start exercising next week, after the party. We will spend some time with our children when we have finished doing the cleaning or yardwork or whatever. We will go visit a sick relative but not today because of . . . fill in the reason.
More to our point, however, we will begin to pay some attention to Christ and the salvation of our immortal souls, but there is something else we have to do first. We are too busy to pray, too strapped to help the poor, too stressed out to reflect on the Holy Spirit.
We cannot let this happen. We must do what is most important, even if we sometimes have to set aside what seems to be immediate. We must think about what we really want to accomplish and do that, not letting ourselves get sidelined by a thousand little chores or pleasures that will eat up our entire day, our entire week, our entire life.
Meditation : “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.” ~ Amelia Earhart Prayer : Into your hands, O Lord, Jesus Christ, my God, I commend my spirit. Bless me and all those who pray in faith of You this day; save us and grant unto us everlasting life.....Amen |
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