Topic: “WON’T DO” – Daily Devotional By Dag Heward-Mills Ministry 15 July 2020

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READ: Luke 14:25-31

“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple” – Luke 14:26

Even Jesus had to contend with family excuses. The people who did not want to follow Him would use their fathers or the people at home as excuses for not coming along.

But Jesus said you would have to hate your father and mother, brothers and sisters, wife and husband in order to follow Him. And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.” Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.”But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:59-62 (NASB)

Your family must not come before your call. Your family must not prevent you from obeying the call of God. The Levites obeyed your word and guarded your covenant. They were more loyal to you than to their own parents. They ignored their relatives and did not acknowledge their own children. They teach your regulations to Jacob; they give your instructions to Israel. They present incense before you and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar. Bless the ministry of the Levites, O Lord, and accept all the work of their hands. Hit their enemies where it hurts the most; strike down their foes so they never rise again. Deuteronomy 33:9-11, New Living Translation