Complete the Mission

So Jesus is out teaching and healing and some Pharisees come by and tell him that he better leave or Herod, the leader of that region, was going to have him killed.  So in Luke 13:32 Jesus replies, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will drive out demons and heal people today, and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’  Jesus here is immoveable from what He has decided to do, and no threat is going to change that.  He had a goal.  I mean, He had a big goal of dying for the sins of the world, but here we also see that He had set a three day goal.  What is your three day goal this week?  Jesus described His goal as something he was going to reach.  The very idea of reaching something means it may be a stretch. Jesus goal was to help others.  And notice that this interruption from the Pharisees didn’t distract him from His goal.  When we set goals that we have to reach for, goals to help others, we need to remember that obstacles may come our way, distractions, or even mountains may try and stop us.  When a mountain comes your way, well, remember Jesus words, “Go tell that fox that I will reach my goal.”  And you will!