I am spending time walking through the Gospels from beginning to end, looking for the moments where Jesus leaned in, lifted up, and loved without hesitation. I want to understand how His grace works in everyday life and what it invites me to become.
There is something quietly stunning about the moment Jesus first calls His disciples. He is walking along the Sea of Galilee, the morning light just beginning to touch the waves, when He sees two brothers casting their nets into the water. Ordinary work on an ordinary day. Then everything shifts with one invitation. Follow me.
I imagine Simon and Andrew exchanging a look, nets heavy with the familiar weight of their lives. Yet something about Jesus made them drop everything and step into the unknown. A few steps later, James and John do the same, leaving their boat and their father behind because they sensed that this teacher held a different kind of future.
And I could not help but wonder how many of our own callings begin just like this. In the middle of daily routines. While we are doing what we have always done. While God whispers an invitation that feels both terrifying and true.
Maybe the beauty of this passage is how simple it is. No long speeches. No perfect timing. Just a call and a choice. Jesus meets people right where they are and asks them to trust that something bigger is possible.
Key Verse:
“And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19
Gracefully yours,
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