This morning, in Chapel, I gave the children’s sermon based on Luke 14:25-33:
How many of you clean your room?
How many of you like to clean your room?
I don’t-I have to or my wife gets a little upset.
Have you ever been told to clean your room, and you went up to clean it-but
it just didn’t get finished? Maybe you found a toy that you wanted to play
with or saw an unfinished project you were working on-and you just didn’t
finish what you were supposed to be doing.
What happened? Did you get in trouble?
Probably because you weren’t doing what you were told. In today’s Bible
verse Jesus says;
"In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple." (LK 14:33, ESV)
What he means by this statement is that to be a true follower of Jesus-we
simply need to finish what we start.
When we commit ourselves to following Jesus-we are to do just that follow
Him. We can’t get distracted by all of the other things that can take us away. We are to follow Him.
This morning-I encourage you to remember that Jesus Loves each one of you and the best way to show that you love Him is to follow Him and not get
distracted.