Reflection
Scenario 1: 'Jesus calls four fishermen':
After John had been put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee and preached the Good News from God. “The right time has come,” he said, “and the Kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins and believe the Good News!” As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two fishermen, Simon and his brother Andrew, catching fish with a net. Jesus said to them, “Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people.” At once they left their nets and went with him. He went a little farther on and saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat getting their nets ready As soon as Jesus saw them, he called them; they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus. (Mark 1:14-20 ; Good News Translation).
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Scenario 2: "The Would-be Followers of Jesus"
A teacher of the Law came to him. “Teacher,” he said, “I am ready to go with you wherever you go. ”Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.” Another man, who was a disciple, said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.” “Follow me,” Jesus answered, “and let the dead bury their own dead.” (Matthew 8:19-22 ; Good News Translation).
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To you my beautiful Sister, to you my handsome Brother, to you my wonderful Mother, to you my diligent Father, and to you reading this post, I need you to deeply reflect on the above Bible verses.
In the first event, Jesus started by preaching the Gosple Himself, setting a good example for the entire World to see. By this, He already set an example for us all on how a good followers should act, showing us that strong passion, that solid pace, that total seriousness whoever would be His diciple ought to put in to evangelism. This He demonstrated Himself in the first verse. And this is a very good quality of a good leader. After this, we could all see that he now proceeded to call the four Fisher men, starting with Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew, then James and John. And the Bible recorded it that at once, even without a second thought, they all left what they were doing and followed Him for a more important business (Preaching the Gospel). My dear in Christ, what are those things that have bee keeping you from following Christ, those things taking your time from preaching His Gospel; Is it your sins, Jesus is calling you to repent from it. Is it your family, academy, work, busy hours, etc, then try reschedule and create time for a more important task (Preaching the Gospel). Just as Peter, Andrew, James and John reciprocated without a second thought, so also we have no excuse for not evangelizing.
Now to the second event. Brethren in Christ, we should try all our possible best not to imitate that man in this verse who was a disciple before, but because of some few challenges, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.” he started giving some unreasonable excuse. That is the spirit of lukewarmness in play. Once we've made up or mind to ignore that filthy old ways of life, once we've finally decided to follow Christ, we shouldn't by any means let anything take us away from Him. No matter the challenges we might be facing, lets not be lukewarmed, lets always keep on with Christ.
In conclusion, lets not forget His Word:
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people. Remember that the Lord will give you as a reward what he has kept for his people. For Christ is the real Master you serve. (Colossians 3:23-24 ; Good News Translation).
Jesus is calling You and I today, How well are We responding?...
Let us Pray
Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of your Words, for the gift of Your Son Jesus Christ whom You've sent to call us back to you even after our downfall since the days of Adam. We ask you this day to create in us a humble heart to totally respond to your callings, a willingly and passionate will to do your work with love and sincerity from this day onward... AMEN.
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