18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
Their nets, their daily labor alongside family.
And I wonder, how their heart must have jumped when He said, "Follow me..." And they immediately left.
The boat
Their father
I stop to consider... Although it was an immediate obedient reaction, it likely did not come without emotion.
To leave
The familiar of the sea,
the familiar of home family and friends.
And here I am,
Dropping the physical things of this world.
It took me two weeks to paack the necessities in these tubs,
It wasn't without emotion.
Dropping your nets doesn't get much more real than this.
They'll be waiting for me over 3,000 miles away.
And since we are leaving the farm...
I wonder...
If Christ would say to me...
I will make you sowers of men
Seeds of truth in hearts
And we stand up and walk away from the corn now just coming up...
My heart aches with emotion of the earth, the family, the home... being left behind.
And jumps, in awe of His kingdom coming.
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