Mark 1:14-20 -- On Being Called

"Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him."
Mark 1:14-20


It's really cool that so many of Christ's diciples came just because Christ asked them... leaving their regular lives and jobs behind for his sake. They made a huge committment well before they understood all that it would require.

The Lords calls us similarly. We don't always know what God will require of us ahead of time, but we willingly follow. Whether or not God asks us to leave our jobs and families behind for a particular mission, he always asks that we leave the philosophy of the world behind, in order to learn a new and better way of thinking and being.

Today, let's hear God's call, and desert our bad habits and sins, and learn a new way. Let's learn how to love and serve each other rather than buying into the selfishness and heartlessness of the world. Let's hear God's call to be peacemakers and to shine as lights and examples of goodness. We won't know how at first, but as we talk to God, he will teach us of his ways, and we will learn to walk his path.