Jesus - Not just a good teacher
Jesus had some great things to say in this scripture. He knew sometime He needed to get away with his closest followers and leave the crowd behind. Does it mean He had any less compassion for the multitude? I think not. He just knew the right times to get away and spend time with His core team of followers.
He knew the hearts of His disciples and let them know exactly what they were asking for. When the scribe said he would follow Jesus anywhere, Jesus told him that the Son of man, God in human form had no place to lay His head to rest. What I gather from this is Jesus is saying "to follow me you will have the same as I, no place to rest or call your own." In light of the previous verse where He commands them to get away from the crowd He understands needing rest, but He knows His job is never done and He must keep doing what God placed him on the earth to do.
Jesus taught His disciples about priorities. To bury your father is an important task, but Jesus knew following Him and learning to truly live was more important that burying the dead. On a side note, I wonder if when He says "let the dead bury the dead" if He is talking about the spiritually dead bury the physically dead?
Jesus was a great teacher. We stand to learn a lot from Him, but we have to be in the scriptures to learn from Him. Jesus is the savior of our souls. He paid the price we could not pay, so I think a few minutes a day to read His word is not too much to ask.
Have you read today?
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