So in my Easter lament I threw out a challenge to look at the disciples and see what changed in their life. I have to admit that I have slacked in this challenge for the most part but this is one observation that I had while reading Matthew. Here is the passage:
Now when Jesus saw a great crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, 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." Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
I read this and couldn't help but think that the disciples were a little naive and presumptuous in what following Jesus entailed. They were a little quick to jump on the Jesus bandwagon.
I feel three questions need to be asked. One, why were they so quick? Two, what was Jesus asking of them? And thirdly, how do you and I look at following Jesus?
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