Immediately. At once. I’m struck by the level of urgent non-resistance Peter and Andrew, John and James had to Jesus' invitation to “Come, follow me.” I like how The Message translates it: “They didn’t ask questions, but simply dropped their nets and followed” (4:20). Not everyone who experienced Jesus had that response. Matthew makes that clear later.
This “come and follow” call was not just a “let’s hang out a little” invitation. It was Rabbi Jesus asking a few guys to become his students, his disciples. He was asking them to see what he saw, hear what he said, listen to what he heard, eat what he ate, do what he did, pray as he prayed, love as he loved, to become like him. Follow after him.
Rob Bell, in Velvet Elvis, gets at the kind of followship-devotion disciples had for their rabbis. “One of the earliest sages of the Mishnah, Yose ben Yoezer, said to his disciples, ‘Cover yourself with the dust of [your rabbi’s] feet.’”
What did they see in Jesus that caused them to drop everything and follow?
What did Jesus see in them?
What does Jesus see in us?
What are we waiting for?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment