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.”

Matthew 8:20

It is easy to pass over some things Jesus said because their meaning is not obvious. Or perhaps the meaning is clear but demanding. Would Jesus really ask us to do that?

Recommended Reading: Matthew 19:16-22

When a man declared his desire to follow Jesus, Jesus warned the man that it was not a comfortable life—Jesus had nowhere to sleep at night. And when another young man asked what it would take to inherit eternal life besides keeping God’s laws, Jesus told him to sell his many possessions and give the proceeds to the poor. In both cases, Jesus was illustrating the temporal nature of life on this earth. Homes, goods, wealth—all these are possessions which can confuse us about the nature of our true home. We all must be careful about putting down permanent roots on earth and losing sight of the new earth to come.

Following Christ means having the same detached relationship to the things of this earth that He did. As you follow Christ this summer, hold lightly that which you will one day leave behind.

There is nothing the Christian life suffers more from than the subtle and indescribable worldliness that comes from the cares or the possessions of this life.

Andrew Murray

Read-Thru-the-Bible: Job 35 – 42

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