Seize the Day!
I would like to follow up on two previous articles from Mark 1:16-18. We have already discussed two questions. The first question was, “Are you fulfilled in life?” And the second question was, “Does your life have meaning?”
Today, I would like to finish this text by asking you the question, “Are you ready for a blessed life?” We have already concluded that God does desire that our lives would be fulfilled and full of meaning. We know this…so the question for us now is, “What is missing?”
That is answered for us in verse 18. Our text tells us that, “At once they left their nets and followed him?”
At once.
That's the phrase I want to draw to your attention. They didn't wait.
This is important aspect of following Jesus. You start today. Simon and Andrew didn't put off answering Jesus' call. They didn't wait until they were perfect or until they were worthy — they just dropped their nets and began following him.
I've been meaning to drop a few pounds lately. It's hard to diet during the winter, so I plan on not getting serious about it until spring. But you know, I have a number of speaking engagements lined up, and it's so will be hard to diet on the road. So I will put it off a little longer most likely. And then there was our a family reunion—it's like going to an around the clock buffet. I keep planning to drop a few pounds, but there's always something in my way.
I don't really like this illustration, but I tell it to make a point. This is what we often do in our relationship to God. We keep thinking we'll get serious about discipleship once we round the next corner, once we finish the next project, once we the next obstacle is out of the way. And we keep putting off getting serious about getting close to God.
There's only one way to do it. Start today. At once. Don't wait till you're perfect or your circumstances are perfect — they never will be.
Blessings
Will
Today, I would like to finish this text by asking you the question, “Are you ready for a blessed life?” We have already concluded that God does desire that our lives would be fulfilled and full of meaning. We know this…so the question for us now is, “What is missing?”
That is answered for us in verse 18. Our text tells us that, “At once they left their nets and followed him?”
At once.
That's the phrase I want to draw to your attention. They didn't wait.
This is important aspect of following Jesus. You start today. Simon and Andrew didn't put off answering Jesus' call. They didn't wait until they were perfect or until they were worthy — they just dropped their nets and began following him.
I've been meaning to drop a few pounds lately. It's hard to diet during the winter, so I plan on not getting serious about it until spring. But you know, I have a number of speaking engagements lined up, and it's so will be hard to diet on the road. So I will put it off a little longer most likely. And then there was our a family reunion—it's like going to an around the clock buffet. I keep planning to drop a few pounds, but there's always something in my way.
I don't really like this illustration, but I tell it to make a point. This is what we often do in our relationship to God. We keep thinking we'll get serious about discipleship once we round the next corner, once we finish the next project, once we the next obstacle is out of the way. And we keep putting off getting serious about getting close to God.
There's only one way to do it. Start today. At once. Don't wait till you're perfect or your circumstances are perfect — they never will be.
Blessings
Will
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