Third Sunday after Pentecost

Undivided Attention: On Christ's call for commitment

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There is the type of sports fan who follows his team if it makes the playoffs. Then there is the type of fan who, regardless of his team’s record, watches every game and knows the stats for every player. They are different types of followers: the half-hearted versus the committed. 

Jesus wants more than half-hearted followers who hear his Word and obey his will only when they can find the time. Jesus wants followers who are all-in, who love him above all things, who would be willing to leave everything else to be with him. 
 

We simply do not have it inside us to produce that level of commitment. But in the gospel, we see how Jesus went all-in for us and for our salvation. As we witness the way Jesus made our eternal happiness the focus of his undivided attention, the Spirit creates within us the very commitment that Christ seeks.