Ever dismayed by the demand? Narrow door. Only one way to the Father. Denying self, taking up the cross daily. So much surrender entering the Kingdom of God.
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Dismayed by the demand
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Setting your mind
“You are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man” (Mark 8:33 ESV).
This. After Christ reveals what is to come.
Suffering. Death. Then resurrection.
And Peter rebukes Him. Having just called Him the Christ. Now denying the truth spoken by that very One, the Word of God?
Not Peter’s best move. And his Master’s words must shake him to the core. “Get behind Me, Satan.”
Learning hospitality. As we move across the world and enter new cultures.
Not just when I’m opening my home to others. But when they open theirs to me.
I see this in the Master’s instructions to His disciples. As they’re sent out two by two. Traveling to towns and villages. Sharing the good news of the Kingdom of God.
“When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.” (Luke 10:8)
