We can take a look at the Declaration of Independence and we all know the quote "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" but the problem is happiness is temporary. Jesus lasts forever, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. We should be in a relentless pursuit after Jesus. There were 56 Brave men who signed the Declaration, and they paid a great price, some were captured and tortured, some had their homes burned to the ground, others suffered many other tragedies. Pursuing after something great may have hardships, but it's worth it! I would like to look at the culture in Biblical times after the Levitical reign. Children would go and spend 5 years studying the Torah. From age 5-10 they would memorize the Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Then they would go back to their family and begin working in the family business, but the best of the best would continue in their studies, and their pursuit for the things of the God. After their studies and memorization of the rest of the Hebrew scriptures, these highly educated people around the age of 14 would go back and follow in the family trait. Very few people, the best of the best of the best, would then go to the final stage of education and they would look for a Rabbi who they wanted to be like and ask if they could be his disciple, he would then quiz them, and then either tell them sorry, you need to return your family, or if he thought he could do what he does he would say Follow Me! Then, they would take the "yoke" of the Rabbi upon themselves and leave all they know to follow the Rabbi. That's why when we read in Matthew 10 when Jesus starts his ministry and calls the fishermen to be His disciples, it was a great shock. These men were the ones who were rejected, the not good enoughs, but Jesus walks by and says I think you are good enough, come follow me. They immediately drop what they are doing, leave the only secure thing they have, their family, their job, to pursue after Jesus. These men changed history long before the 56 men who signed the Declaration. Its time we make history again, it's time we drop the things we have going on and pursue after Jesus with everything we have, we need to give our lives to the pursuit of Jesus.
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