Daily Inspiration

“As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.” And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.” Jesus answered him, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.” —Luke 9:57-62

It isn’t that Christ doesn’t care about your family. God wishes for us to order our lives properly. Place the Lord first before all else, and watch how He blesses everything else in your life. The more we hand over and surrender to the Lord, the more He graces our offering and returns even greater blessings.

God does not need us to offer those we hold dear, as Abraham offered Isaac on the mountain. But if we have the faith to place the Lord first, He will reward our lives, just as He rewarded Abraham’s and Isaac’s.

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