Immediately!

What2Say2Day? This past Sunday we took a look at a passage from the book of Mark of the bible. In Chapter 1 verses 16-20 we watch as Simon, Andrew, James and John are called to be Jesus' first disciples. I find it amazing how we see 4 people who are set in the trades passed down from their fathers, and most likely their father's fathers, get up and follow Jesus immediately.

I wonder if we could do that. Imagine that you were at work, doing what you were trained to do (by your father, mother, teacher, mentor, or whomever) as a complete stranger walks by and says "Hey, you, drop everything, forget the life you've been in. Never mind all the schooling and training you've had for the work you're doing because that no longer matters. Follow me in a different kind of work - a new life. "How many of us would go?

As I tried to convince myself I would go I suddenly realized that what Jesus is asking for isn't a commitment to a new life right there and then, but rather the commitment to taking that first step in a new life. The four brothers Jesus called didn't know Jesus, yet. And when we begin in a new life with Christ neither do we. It takes time to develop the relationships Jesus and the disciples had. What we are simply asked to do is take that first step.

That's something I know I can do.