Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

The other day my husband told a friend that he had had a bad case of FOMO or fear of missing out the previous weekend when he missed out on going to their birthday party.

We had had a busy week and we weren't able to find a sitter, so we had to stay home while our son slept

and see pictures from all of his friends flood his messages, as they had had a night of celebrating together.

And while he and I had a good night at home, it was hard to not have FOMO, missing out on all of the

fun that his friends were having.

We are not strangers to FOMO.

We've all been afraid of missing out on something before in our life.

And that feeling that you're not a part of something or that you aren't experiencing something can be gut-wrenching at times.

Not going to the party, not going on the adventure, not visiting that destination or getting the work opportunity, not excelling in your career.

Whatever it is, we don't want to miss out. Well as I read Luke chapter 13 today I couldn't help but

think that Jesus is trying to instill a healthy dose of FOMO in his listeners.

You see chapter 13 takes us on a journey of Jesus'

teaching as he's traveling closer and closer to Jerusalem, where he will finally be executed

for his teachings and claims to be the Messiah.

And as he gets closer, he continues to teach his message more and more boldly.

Now throughout his ministry, Jesus taught of his coming kingdom. He spoke in

parables to show his listeners what his kingdom would be like. He healed and

performed miracles to display the power of his kingdom to overcome the darkness of our broken world.

And in Chapter 13 we see an arc of teaching that urges his listeners to hear, repent, and believe, to not miss out on the kingdom

that is before them. Now before we dive in and take a look at Chapter 13, we need to know that in this chapter, Jesus is going to be speaking mostly

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