"Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him."
This is a very short lesson but it too is a very important one. In verse 20, Jesus explained to the scribe that to follow Him would not be easy. In my opinion, Jesus said those things to make the man aware of what he was (probably unknowingly) getting himself into.
When one of Jesus' disciples said he would follow as soon as he had buried a kinsman, Jesus responded, "let the dead bury the dead".
That statement might be a bit hard to understand. I believe it means that we, as Christians, are to go about preaching the gospel of Christ, doing the things we are bound by our faith to do, and leave the things of this world to those who don't believe or to those who for whatever reason, are unable to go and teach.
The essence of the lesson is that we, as Christians, are obligated to sort out our spiritual duties from the everyday routine of life and to make those spiritual obligations a priority.
Just as Jesus promised us, if we trust him to take care of the little things of life, they will get done, leaving us open and available to do the work He has called us to do.~
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