Most of you are familiar with that time-honored story about a board meeting that Satan once called in hell. At this meeting Satan put this question to his senior advisors: “We need to develop a new strategy for causing havoc upon earth. Do you have any suggestions for a new means of reaching human beings for our side?”

One advisor suggested, “Tell them there is no heaven.” 

Another said, “Tell them there is no hell.” 

But the prize winning suggestion was judged to be much more effective: “Tell them there is no hurry.” 

Could I suggest to you this morning that in the most important matters of life, there is indeed a very big hurry?

In today’s lesson Jesus encounters a man and says to him, “Follow me.”

But this man replies, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Interesting respo…