Really? Are You Sure?

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And 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. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Matthew 4:18-22

Often times when I tell my kiddos to clean the house, go to bed, or anything else that does not fit into their plan at that time they look at me with a look that says, "Really? Are You Sure"? Usually it takes at least two or three times for them to understand that I meant right now, not 30 minutes from that time or when they finished what they were currently doing. Right then is when I wanted it done.

This post has nothing to do with my awesome parenting skills or lack there of but everything to do with how many times we respond to Jesus with the look of "Really? Are You Sure"?

In the passage above we have two examples of people being called by Jesus to follow Him. Each time the response is to immediately to stop what they were doing and go. Scripture does not say they gathered the fish they had caught and cleaned them. No, they followed. Scripture does not say that they asked their dads permission, they followed.

My question to you is a simple one. Are you going and doing what Jesus is asking you to do or are you saying, "Really? Are you sure"? He is going to ask you to go to places that make you feel uncomfortable, but He will be there. He is going to ask you to talk to people who you cannot relate to, but He will help you. Jesus has called all of us to take the step from our normal way of life and to follow Him. Is your response immediate or "Really? Are you Sure"?

May the Lord bless you and keep you.