“But Jesus told him, ‘Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.’”

How many times have we heard, “I’ll get to that, but first let me…”?  How often do we actually think this way and after we have had gone through all of the “first let me” options, we find that we haven’t gotten anything important done.  “First let me” is a dangerous thing and can cause disastrous hesitations.  How do we keep from these moments happening from us?  Steven Covey wrote a great book. “First Things, First”.  By having our priorities defined and held firm, we can remove the “First let me” syndrome.  Think about how many times you have let something else get in the way and distract the important from getting done.  If you can think of one example, that’s one too many.

Jesus called on individuals to follow Him and he heard more than once, “But First Let Me”, and therein lies the issue.  This year, today, we will be challenged to put Christ first and it won’t be surprising to anyone that we will say to ourselves, “But First Let Me”. Here is the good news, God keeps coming back to us and inviting us to follow Him and walk with Him daily.  Can today be the day that we don’t have any other firsts in front of Him?

Reference: Luke 9:62 (New Living Translation)