Dale Ridge church of Christ

Four thousand men plus their wives and children followed Jesus up a mountain near the Sea of Galilee. They just couldn’t get enough of the events that took place with our Lord healing and teaching. In Matthew 15:29-39 we learn that the multitude spent three days with Jesus; so long that he was getting concerned for their well being since they had little food. Having given thanks for seven loaves and a few fishes, Jesus had the disciples pass out the food and later, collect the seven baskets of leftovers. Did you catch that? He was concerned about his followers and loved them for their dedication and didn’t want them to leave hungry.

Did these people not need to be somewhere else? It’s hard to imagine those of us that have lifestyles considered “typical” in this day and time being able to stop what we are doing for three days to do anything else other than holding down our job or some other important commitment. It has gotten to the point that we do not even think twice about our brothers and sisters who allow other responsibilities to keep them out of church services or other events where the saints are gathered.

Certainly, we must choose from the available jobs that we train for and sadly, those jobs will require us to miss the occasional service in even the best of situations. In a more typical scenario, we might find ourselves having to miss far more often. This is the time go the extra mile for our Lord, who sacrificed so much for us, and continually be searching out the opportunities to get into a better situation. This might feel a bit risky to our earthly wealth but our Lord demonstrates numerous times throughout the Bible that he has compassion for us his followers. Let us be those that are known for setting our priorities properly rather than having a “good excuse.”

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Filed under: Butch Adams, Devotional on October 21st, 2008