it's all relative

A Christian businessman in North Carolina has a fascinating story of God’s call on his life. Everyone who has ever heard the tale leaves convinced that Henry is doing exactly what he is supposed to be doing. And to his credit he doesn’t shy away from the fact that he turned God’s calling into a 5 year plan rather than an immediate call to action! He admits he didn’t live up to the following…

“and Jesus said to him, “follow me, and let the dead to bury their own dead.” Matthew 8:22

Recently a friend of a friend, who serves as a missionary in an unnamed country, found he was unable to return home to visit his father on his deathbed. In fact, he could not even get a telephone connection to talk. Instead he had to compose a lengthy email and ask the friend to take it to the hospital to read to his father. This man found Jesus admonition to “follow me” was extremely real in his own life.

To what does Jesus call us? To be salt and light in our neighborhood? To treat the employees of your company as “your flock”? To be willing to speak our minds about our faith as easily as we do our political opinions or sports allegiances? To move to a new town for a new job? These things can be difficult…but it’s all relative. Most of us won’t be called to the ends of earth, yet each of us has a role to play.

Follow…

Thanks for all you do.

Brian

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Volume 6, Number 34