It is easy to be enamored with God’ goodness and grace, but will I really be willing to give up my soft bed and family traditions to serve the Lord.

To the heart bowed down with sorrow and hardships, Jesus says, “Come, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:29). But to the one with the comfortable couch and long-standing “sacred” traditions Jesus says, “The son of man has no place to lay his head,” or “Let the dead bury their dead.”

The socially prominent scribe loved the healings and power of Jesus, but could he become an outcast for Christ? Was he perhaps a part of the “wait a little” Pharisee group that would always have one more family matter or tradition to do before reaching out in service for the Master?

Jesus calls you and me - today.