Ever get to the point where someone has given you all the excuses as to why they can’t do something you have asked them to do? What do you do in that situation? Do you keep waiting and therefore put off meeting your goals? What if you are under a hard deadline to get your task completed? What if the thing you have asked the person to do is the right thing for them? Do any of these things make it more frustrating to get the excuses?
That’s where I think Jesus was today in Luke’s Gospel (LK 9:57-62). Jesus replied to the excuse makers by saying “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.” He also said “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
Excuses can go on forever. Sometimes you just have to cut out the excuse makers and move forward.
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