Jesus Wants Me to Hate My Family

Jesus said that in order to follow Him I have to hate my family.  This has been on my heart a lot in the last few days.  Hate is a hard word to swallow, especially when it comes to family.

A quick word review finds us looking at the Greek word “miseo, misos” and the very last definition in my Strong’s is “to love less.”  Now this is something that makes sense to me.  It was even something that I had just come to determine on my own (as I was pondering some scripture I had just read).  It is also much easier to do (not that I think walking the right path is ever EASY).

If I want to fully focus on God’s will and God’s way then I can’t worry about others.  The concerns and the attitudes of my family can’t override the will of my Father.  If they hold a higher position than Him in my life then that’s exactly what will happen.

God doesn’t want me to forget my family or walk away from them.  He knows how important support is for my walk.  The perfect relationship would be one that is spiritually connected and blood connected.

Instead, God wants me to be at a place that if family were to make me choose then I would choose Him – without hesitation and without guilt.

Maybe it’s not as easy as I was thinking at the start.  Loving someone and being willing to walk away may be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.

2 comments October 22nd, 2007