Now when Jesus saw a great crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, 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." Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." – Matt 8:18-22 (ESV)
Two points of discipleship are highlighted by Jesus. One is that following Jesus means that we won’t have the stability and comfort that others have. Jesus, the creator of the whole universe, God Almighty, doesn’t even have what the animals have – a secure place to sleep. We must be willing to give up our ‘comforts’ and our ‘security’ to follow Jesus. Secondly, we must prioritize following Jesus. Many noble things will sway us from our task, but we must be followers first.
