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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Drop-Everything Faith
Psalm 62:5-12; Mark 1:14-20
"Drop everything," Jesus said. "Come with me."
And they did just that, right on the spot. At the drop of a net four young fishermen stepped out to follow Jesus wherever it was he wanted to lead them.
I call them young, but who knows? They were old enough to have built a successful small business in the fishing trade. Peter and Andrew they were, and James and John. Two pairs of brothers who made up the first 1/3 of Jesus' full complement of disciples in about five minutes flat.
I call them young because their behavior in this instance is like that of an enthusiastic 20 year old. All full of energetic optimism, deciding in a split second and accelerating to 60 mph in no time at all. Something about Jesus' invitation (command?) convinced them that tomorrow would somehow take care of itself. And all the tomorrows after that one.
I guess that's what faith is really all about.
Oh sure, the longer we live the less likely we are to plunge recklessly into even the best of new endeavors. We'll count the cost more closely. We'll take careful stock of our own talents, our available time, and the tenacity of our spirit.
But there's something about believing in Jesus, and trusting his call to discipleship, that makes calendar time more or less irrelevant. Faith turns everything into prime time. Preparing my sermon on all this, I happily remembered three very different people whose "Yes" to Christ vividly demonstrated that point. Different ages, different life circumstances, different calculations to make about the details. But one common eagerness to let everything else go in order to hold on tight to Christ and his great calling.
Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby celebrate Maggie, Karl, and Al. And when you've heard my tribute to them, I'm sure that you will too.
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3:25 PM
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