TOO MUCH THINKING
Today's reading: Leviticus 11-12, Mark 1:1-28, Psalm 38

"Jesus called out to them, Come, be my disciples, and I will show you how to fish for people. And they left their nets at once and went with him." Mark 1:17-18 NLT

Of all the things I've read in my Bible, this account, these two verses, catch me off guard each and every time I read them!

What were these fellas thinking?

No two weeks notice?

No, 'Let us think this over and get back with You'?

To meet a complete stranger and go with Him?

To leave their livelihood for no paycheck and no roof over their heads?

To leave all they'd ever known, all they'd ever thought of knowing?

Without checking the risks, reading the ratings, looking at the economic projection or scanning the internet for reviews?

Without completing a pie chart color-coding your options?

Listing the pro's and con's on a spreadsheet?

No appointment with their accountant about possible losses in their IRA's, CD's, money markets or 401K's?

I'll tell you what I've discovered--they weren't thinking. Not with their heads, but with their hearts. With the core of their being. With the inner part of them created specifically and precisely by their Creator.

They heard the call of their Lord. Their Master. Their Savior. Their Friend. Their Salvation. Their Hope.

And when you hear Him, you move towards Him--no matter what you're currently involved in, no matter the portion of the worship service you're sitting through, no matter where you are, no matter who it is you are surrounded by, no matter if you understand it or not, no matter your age or your education or your theology, no matter your level of fear of the future or shame from your past--you go to Him.

And He welcomes you.

And He provides all the needs you ever thought you would ever have.

And He will do the thinking for you, if you'll let Him!

And it will be SO very worth leaving all you had for all He has for you.