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. Matthew 8:21, 22.
This meditation was taken from the July/August 1978 of the Messenger and is by Rev. Stehouwer who served the Free Reformed Churches from 1967 to 1982. Presently he is emeritus minister in the Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken of the Netherlands.
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Genesis 18:19