Cost Of Following Jesus

Matthew 8:14-22

TGIF!!! This week couldn't go by any slower. I'm so happy it's Friday. It's been a very difficult and tiresome week. I hope it's just because it's the first week back and I'm just not used to going to school because it's been 3 weeks since I've done that.

Our Friday night went well even though not a lot of people showed up. It's tough to have a big crowd when the weather is so bad. Everyday it's been getting worse and when I woke up today to go to classes it was -34 with windchill. My face hurt going to class. Well now I'm in my room with the heater on full blast. I love Friday nights.

On to my readings!

Jesus Heals Many
Jesus continued to go around and heal the sick. This was a prophecy that Jesus fulfilled. This is just going back to yesterday's reading about how Jesus came to help us and heal us. He does what He promised to do. There is nothing that is impossible with Jesus. So if we have any sicknesses (whether it be an actual physical illness, mental, or spiritual) trust God is able to heal it.

The Cost Of Following Jesus
This passage was a little more difficult to comprehend. What I got out of it was that in order to follow Jesus, you have to be ready for anything. You have to be situated in a way that you're not so attached to your surroundings. Jesus talks about how foxes and birds have their places of rest, but Jesus doesn't. Jesus goes around and heals while not resting in one spot. If we want to follow Him, we have to be willing to do the same.

I think for me this means that I cannot get too comfortable with one thing. Say I do get settled and my life turns out to be great. That's not really following Jesus. I don't think it's necessarily saying that you shouldn't be comfortable at any time. Instead I think it's saying we shouldn't be too attached to being comfortable because it can be taken away at any time. In order to serve God, we need to be ready for anything.

Summary:

Jesus Heals Many
14-15 Jesus went to Peter's house and healed Peter's mother-in-law of her fever.
16-17 Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of taking up infirmities and carrying our diseases by driving evil spirits away from demon-possessed people.

The Cost Of Following Jesus
18-19 As Jesus went around, the crowd followed him and a teacher of the law asked to follow Him.
20-22 Jesus told them that while animals may have their homes, He does not have a place to rest. And when the people asked to bury their fathers before they follow, Jesus said let the dead worry about that themselves.