Getting in the way

Jesus said to his disciples:
     Want to travel the Way with me?
     Then get over yourself, step out on the road,
     get in the way of every hostile host,
     and follow my lead.

Gonna get on the Way, walkin’ every day, no matter what
     they say or think, we’re gettin’ in the way.

Oh, but couldn’t we just believe in you, Jesus? We’ve got
     lots of books on that, and bumper stickers to spare.

We’re big fans.

Hop on the Way, walkin’ every day, no matter what
     they say or think, we’re gettin’ in the way.

“We’ll worship the hind legs off Jesus but never do
     a thing he says.”*

Jump on the Way, walkin’ every day, no matter what
     they say or think, we’re gettin’ in the way.

“We love to sing ‘I have decided to follow Jesus,’ but
     we don’t bother looking to see which way he went.”**

Set out on the Way, walkin’ every day, no matter what
     they say or think, we’re gettin’ in the way.

©Ken Sehested @ prayerandpolitiks.org. Inspired by Luke 9:18–27. *Clarence Jordan, quoted in Dallas Lee, The Cotton Patch Evidence (New York: Harper & Row, 1971), 45. **Frank Stagg, quoted by Relma Hargus, Lectionary Note Lent4A http://allianceofbaptists.org/PCP/alliance_blog_detail/lenten-lectionary-note-lent-4a.