Readings
I - Job. 9: 1-12, 14-16
II - Lk. 9: 57-62
THE ESSENTIALS OF DISCIPLESHIP
In today’s Gospel passage Jesus highlights the essentials of discipleship. To someone who requested to follow Jesus wherever he goes, Jesus that the foxes have holes and the birds of the air nest while he did not have one. Meaning to say that those who wish to follow Jesus should come out of their comfort zone to follow him. To others when he himself extended an invitation to follow him; one wanted to bid farewell to his parents and another wanted to bury his parents. Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God”. Determination without any distraction is another requisite of discipleship.
The one wishes to follow should be ready to give up his/her comfort zone in order to follow him and must be able to do it with absolute determination with no further ado. We Christians are called to follow Jesus at all times and in all ways. Dare to follow him leaving or even risking comfort zones and with a firm determination.
