As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 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.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”(Luke 9:57-62 ESV)
If you're playing Tribond, and these three things come up, what is the common theme? Counting the cost in following Jesus. There are many distractions and diversions to get us off the path - pleasures we have become too comfortable with, relationships that hold us closer than to Him, fears that run us off the path of faith. Jesus is not trying to scare us away, but to get us to seriously consider our response when He says: "choose Me."
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