Follow me: Jesus’ calling is still echoing in our own age

By izartirta

Jesus called a lot of people in His time to follow Him. And even until now, He keeps calling the world out to follow Him. Why does He do that?

He does that because He knows that He is the only way, the only truth and the only life. No one should be able to live without Him. His statement about Himself was so unique because no one ever lived in this world ever stated themselves that way. No one dares enough to do it and no one in fact have enough quality to identify themselves as the only way, truth and life, except Jesus.

He calls us because He knows about our condition and he cares about us. He doesn’t want us to stay dead. Instead, He wants us to live in an abundant life.

In the beginning of His ministry, Jesus called four fishermen to follow Him. Matthew reported: “As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed Him.” (Matthew 4:18-20)

This story happened earlier that that with Matthew himself. While he wrote this story, he must have remembered how Jesus called himself while he was on duty at the tax collector desk. Those two brothers responded the same way with Matthew, immediately. They left everything behind for Jesus Christ.

Instead of being the faithful follower of Jesus, today we see the world go into the opposite direction. They reject Jesus’ teaching and replace it with human’s sinful thoughts and philosophy, and if this situation continues, soon we will see the whole world turn into chaos.

Jesus’ calling is still echoing in our own age. Just like those humble disciples, we too must respond this calling because this calling is not for Jesus’ benefit but for ours. If we call someone, we might want something good from that person. We call him because we need him. It is usually for our own sake that we call somebody. But Jesus, in contrast, calls us because He wants to give life to us. It is for our own good that He calls us out from the death. Thank Him and follow Him for the rest of your life, because apart from Him there’s nothing that we can do (John 15:5). God Bless You.