Ah, Monday . . . my dear friend. We meet again.
I decided about 6 months ago that I wanted to read the entire Bible so that I could finally read and understand Revelation. I have finished the New Testament, except Revelation. I still have about 13 books of the Old Testament to finish . . . many of them are quite short. I'm excited to be nearly finished. To be able to actually see the end of the road, so to speak, is quite inspiring.
As I have been reading, I've been flipping back and forth from OT to NT. Well, the only NT book I have left to read is Revelation and I'm saving that for last. So, I decided to re-read the Gospels.
As I began reading Matthew today, I began to think about what it must have been like to live when Jesus lived. To have Him walk up to you as you sit in your boat prepping for a day of fishing and say to you . . . drop what you are doing and follow Me. What would you do if Jesus were to walk up to you today as you were prepping for your day of work or school and say to you . . . drop what you are doing and follow Me? I'd like to think that I would drop what I was doing and follow Him . . . but would I? Would you? Think about the sacrifice that the 12 made to follow Him. They left their families, their livelihoods, everything they knew . . . to follow this man, who claimed to be the Son of God. I'm sure there were just as many skeptics then as there are now. Can you imagine what the disciples' families thought as they watched them give up everything to follow around this guy? I'm not too sure many, if any, of them knew exactly who they were dealing with. I mean . . . hello!?! Jesus was God in human form walking around the Earth He created! Do you think anyone really understood the depth of that? Do we?
So, as you go through your day today trying to prioritize the things on your to-do list, think about what you would do if Jesus walked up to you and asked you to drop it all. Is He high enough on your priority list to be able to do that? What/who is first on your list? What can you do today to make sure Jesus is #1?
You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. Psalm 86:5
1 comment:
I am in encourage to always pray. Prayer is a sacrifice that we have to do daily. Learning to roll out of bed and press in to my pray zone has help me to prioritize my life. Does that make me perfect, No. But Jesus blood give me access to my Father Throne. God bless you and thanks for sharing.
Big BraCharles
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