Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 1:16-20; Luke 14:25-33
by: Gabrielle Watt.
Are we willing to follow God’s calling on our lives—leaving behind family, friends, and all we know and find comfortable without dispute? That was the reaction Jesus got when He called His first disciples: Simon, Andrew, James, and John. When Jesus invited them to follow Him, they did—immediately and without question. The last Scripture for this week lays out what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. It means not putting anything or anyone ahead of Him in our lives. Verse 33 challenges us that if we are not willing to live like that, we cannot be His disciples.