NO TURNING BACK

"As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead,who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, 'Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?' But Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they went to another village. As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, 'I will follow you where-ever you go.'

Jesus replied, 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.' He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father.' Jesus said to him, 'Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.'

Still another said, ' I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-bye to my family.'

Jesus replied. ' NO ONE WHO PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW AND LOOKS BACK IS FIT FOR SERVICE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.' Luke 9:51-62

This passage reminds me of the words of an old hymn :

"...though none go with me I still will follow...NO TURNING BACK..NO TURNING BACK.."

CHALLENGE: Think about a farmer turning around while plowing...What would happen??? What's keeping you from gazing ahead??? Are there distractions in your life that are causing you to choose the world over Christ?? Consider 'fixing your eyes' on Him in 2008.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY