Takeoff

I recently got my airline tickets for NYC. I love to fly. It still amazes me that in a matter of hours I could be halfway across the country. But maybe even more amazing is that everyday most of us travel miles and miles to and from work with little thought.

It would be shocking to our predecessors to see how much we travel they would be shocked. But more shocking would be it we really understood the effort it took to get beyond your community.

When we think of those who followed Jesus in the Bible I think we might forget about the difficulty involved. When Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount people didn't hop in their cars, turn on the AC, and take the Mount exit off the expressway.

So when we do not follow Christ because it is too difficult, or too inconvenient. Think about those people who hiked through the wilderness and sat covered in sweat and sand just to hear Him speak.