Matthew 8:18-22 – Following Jesus requires a willingness to pay the price
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other shore. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, 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.” Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
Throughout life we are called on to leave our comfort zone and walk an unknown path. It might be strange, uncomfortable or even painful, but God leads us where we need to go and we need to trust the way he leads.
Visiting Boma Rescue Mission last year was not “comfortable.” The area is very unsafe (we had guards with guns) and there was a consistent smell from the dump the entire visit. You could see the rescue children were also going down a new path. Leaving the precarious, but known, life of living on the dump, to trusting in the strange new world of the Boma mission, to lead them to a better life. And so we continue to go down the path that God has provided. At Boma, the discomfort and of being mutual “strangers,” in the beginning of the visit, started with us learning to pray together, lead us through a to a glorious time of dancing together, and culminated in playing raucous sports together while sharing lots of smiles and hugs.
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