"The Son of man has nowhere to lay his head ..." -�The home of Christ's disciple is not found on earth, but with God where complete rest only takes place. "God you made us for yourself. And our hearts will be restless until it finds rest in You" (Augustine). This means I am not to build my house where moth and rust destroy, but invest on treasures that are imperishable. I am not to build my empires or my kingdoms, but His kingdom alone.
"Allow the dead to bury their own dead, but as for you go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God." - The disciple of Christ should not busy himself with the affairs of the world, but busy himself with tasks that leads to the glory of Christ. In God's house we find many vessels, uses for both noble and ignoble purposes. Both will be tested when the time of comes.
"No one after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." - The disciple of Christ never loses focus on the task at hand. He never regrets jumping on the plow. He never looks back on greatness that he could have become if only he did not choose the humble path of following Christ. Indeed there is no vision for those who look back. To those who do this Jesus said, "he is not fit" for the different greatness at hand. "Whoever is least among you, this is the one who is great."
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