Thy will be done

Scripture: As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58 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." Luke 9:57-58

Reflection: What a whole hearted expression and perhaps the only case in the Gospels of one who on his own has volunteered to follow the Lord and master. 

Did it please the Master? No, it did not.

Lesson to learn: We prefer the securities of human friendship, health, spiritual and material benefit. No wonder there is such a huge following for the prosperity Gospel that is proclaimed all over the world and which is a scandal of our generation. 

No one wants the insecurities that come like a package deal for following the Gospel.  I want to follow Christ because he will fulfill my wants, my wants which are my need. I do not want to just follow him. It's a narrow and lonely path.

 What I fail to realize is this; my actual need is primarily what the Lord has to give.  “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" Matt 4:4

Prayer:  Lord, I want to follow as you desire of me.  Thy will be done in my life.