Discomfort Over Calling

“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.” – 1 Peter 5:10-11 My focus today is on the third reason the priest and Levite failed to help the man who was left to die on the Jericho road in the story of the Good Samaritan. Say this out loud with me: It was a hot day! As they say in Oklahoma, where I grew up, “It’s hot as all get out.” In the shade, it was 90 degrees! We know it was hot outside, and they had been walking for a very long time and were exhausted. The priest was holy, a man of God, but he said, it was too hot to make the