“Lord, I will follow you, but….”

We have Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent on our minds.  It’s here already, and I have this phrase on my mind from Luke 9:61. 

I was thinking about the great conjunction “but” in the Bible.  There’s the greatest example, I think, in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin are death but the free gift of God is eternal life is Christ Jesus.”  Monumental.  So, then as a type of spiritual practice I thought, what are the other great but – references in the Bible?  How about this one at the very end of John 21:25, “We know his testimony is true, but there are also many other things that Jesus did.”  That verse has always made we wonder at the enormity of all the Gospel eye-witness accounts we don’t know.

This week, however, I think of the disciple who so wanted to pursue Jesus and said, “Lord, I will follow you, but….” From Luke 9:61.  Jesus asks so much of us all.  It is logical to say to the Lord, “Yes, but…”    Hang on just a minute, Lord.  Not yet, Lord  It is a natural thing to say it.  On this Ash Wednesday week we must step forward without reservation, without a “but”.  Don’t you think so?  As followers of Jesus, we are asked often to leap forward without going back and taking care of common-sense tasks.  We step forward in faith.  No conjunction but.  It is the hardest thing to be a disciple of Jesus.

Scott

SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Special Called Meeting

To Commission RE Kathy Monroe as the
Commissioned Pastor

March 14, 2020 @ 1:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
1311 McCaulley Street
Sweetwater, Texas 79556
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