St Nicholas

St Nicholas warmly welcomes Fr Chris as our new Vicar, we look forward to getting to know him.

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Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it'.

 

When you think of the followers of Jesus what do you think of? People in caftans wandering around the desert in the first century.

 

Or do you think of people in the big cities like Melbourne engaging in the hustle and bustle of life in the 21st Century. Which one of these groups do you think would be happy to “deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me”

 

Actually I don’t think that either group would be too keen to do this. The challenge for us all is that “denying ourselves and taking up our cross and following Jesus” seems like a fairly big price to pay.

 

For me however the main part of what Jesus is saying is about following him. There may be a cost to us, but more importantly I feel our call is to follow him in our daily lived. The point of being a follower is just that.

 

Are we prepared to follow our master wherever He leads us. It is love that we are following. His love for us will hold us no matter where we find ourselves. Whether it is through the big city or to the cross.

 

His love for us gives a purpose, direction and a place to call home. Home in Jesus. And life in Jesus. Life for today and for eternity.

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God Bless you,

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Christopher.

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