Many of Jesus’ followers listened with rapt attention to His simple teachings found in Matthew 5-7; if someone slaps you on the cheek, turn to him the other - don’t retaliate, love your enemy, be generous, go out of your way to help the undeserving, keep your wedding vows, seek the Kingdom.

They listened but after a while, said to themselves, This is too hard to live like that! They went on professing to be followers of Jesus, but in their hearts and practice, they were swimming in the shallow end of the pool.

Jesus turned to His disciples asking, Do you want to go away too? Simon Peter answered, Where else would we go? You are the only One.

God can be depended upon; He wants us to be as decided, reliable, and stable.

God is looking for men on whom He can put the weight of all His love and faithful promises.

Today, you may hear Jesus calling you to step out, as my friend Jesse calls it, into a new level of obedience.

Reflect

I went past the field of a sluggard,

past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

thorns had come up everywhere,

the ground was covered with weeds,

and the stone wall was in ruins.

I applied my heart to what I observed

and learned a lesson from what I saw:

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest—

and poverty will come on you like a thief

and scarcity like an armed man.

~ Proverbs 24:30-34 NIV

Pray

Again. I hear You knocking. I choose Your way.

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