[ Today's Readings ]
Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
LORD, we want to follow you. We are often too content to simply see you as you pass by. Your path intersects with ourselves and you keep moving but we make no changes. To follow you means to leave the other paths we might chose. To follow you means a life where we go one way and not another. This might sound limiting, but it is freeing. We no longer need to worry about choosing things which ultimately don't matter. We can be assured that in following you we find the fulfillment and joy we seek.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
The first step is to confess why we follow you Jesus. We follow you because we believe that you are LORD and that God raised you from the dead. You conquered that which no one else could conquer. Because you are true God you are able to do for us what no one else can. Dying you destroyed our death. Because you are true God you are able to make this salvation available to the entire world.
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
To believe in you and to confess your name is the first step Jesus. But we cannot stop there. You have bigger plans for us than that. What we receive must be shared. All of the love, joy, and peace which you give are not meant only for ourselves but for everyone. If we truly know that you are LORD and if we truly believe that you are risen these things are hard to keep to ourselves. If we only tacitly acknowledge them, well, sharing them might not matter so much to us either.
Fortunately, anything we do is always a response to your invitation LORD Jesus. You ask us to follow and then lead us. Whether it is for the first time or for the hundredth time you continue to invite us onward. If we begin to take for granted what it means to say that you are LORD you give the grace to help us learn it again.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
You call us to follow you. To do so, we rely on your grace. Help us to trust you, Jesus, and to follow with reckless abandon.
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!
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