Lent- Day 18
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening
3/9/10 – Day 18
Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 7
Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” – Luke 9:62
I know someone who drives wherever she looks. You quickly learn not to point out anything interesting while riding with her because you will quickly get a closer look than you really wanted. I learned this lesson as we did a blind u-turn across four lanes of traffic. This is dangerous and terrifying to everyone but her, she never seems to notice.
Most of us are like that in our spiritual journey. Whatever catches our eye is where we go. This is way it is so important for us to become focused and disciplined in our Lenten sojourn. There are many distractions, most of which are not harmful in themselves but potentially deadly in the way they can cause us to swerve and wander off course. Of the greatest concern for us these forty days is the rear view mirror. Sometimes we become so captivated by what we have given up and left behind that we cannot watch where we are going. In a way we never really gave them up but put them in the limelight of our attention.
Today we focus on Jesus and the path at our feet. We keep our head strait and our eyes forward. Today we will plow strait rows for the kingdom. – Rev. John Mattox
Let us pray,
O Lord,
Forgive us for not being fit for your kingdom.
Make us what you will.
Send us where you will.
Let us do your will.
Amen.
- Rev. Katie Mattox
