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Response – Availability Over Excuses
August 23, 2026Response – Availability Over Excuses
Pastor Blake Hanson | 8.23.26
“God, I would BUT first I need to_______________________”
Luke 9:51 (ESV)
51When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
Luke 9:57–62 (ESV)
57As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
59To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
60And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
WHY WE MAKE EXCUSES?
1. Protect
2. Avoid
3. Willful
THREE EXCUSES THAT RUIN AVAILABILITY…
1. THE EXCUSE OF
Luke 9:57 (ESV)
57“I will follow you wherever you go.”
Luke 9:58 (ESV)
58And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
AVAILABLE PEOPLE: THE OF JESUS IS GREATER THAN OUR COMFORT.
Luke 9:23 (ESV)
23And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Luke 14:27 (ESV)
27Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Hebrews 11:25 (ESV)
25choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
2. THE EXCUSE OF
Luke 9:59–60 (ESV)
59To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
60And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
AVAILABLE PEOPLE: THE OF JESUS ARE GREATER THAN OUR POSSESSIONS.
3. THE EXCUSE OF OTHER
Luke 9:61–62 (ESV)
61Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
AVAILABLE PEOPLE: LOVE JESUS EVERY OTHER RELATIONSHIP
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