Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.  A scribe then approached and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."  And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."  Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."  But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

Perhaps the scribe saw Jesus preparing to cross to the other shore and quickly made his way by land to meet him.  We might imagine him greeting Jesus breathlessly: "See, I will follow you everywhere."  Jesus tells him just what "everywhere" means.

We are told this too.  We make some good first efforts to follow Christ but the road is long.  Fatigue sets in and we began making compromises.  A den looks mighty inviting.  We start building a nest and almost without noticing it begin to take our pleasure in settling into the world, replacing spiritual joy with temporary compromises and feelings of security.  The foxes and birds have homes here, why not us?  But "friendship with the world is enmity with God."  (James 4.4)  Jesus is a jealous lover.  He does not want to find any worldly attachments in us that would compromise our total devotion to him.  And so we move through this world; engaging in it, yes, but not making a nest here for our hearts.