Be Still And Know

READ: Mark 1:16-17 NLT One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me” Jesus kept doing surprising things! Here we find him at the beginning of his ministry as he is doing the crucial job of recruiting followers. If it had been me I would have waited for Simon and Andrew to have a lunch break, or get to the end of the day, and suggest they might like to follow me. Not Jesus. Jesus comes to them when they are right in the middle of their busy working day. They are doing the demanding job of throwing their net into the water. They are eagerly preparing for their next catch. Presumably the worst possible time to be interrupted? But Jesus has more important work for them to do. “Come, follow me” he says, and that’s just what they did.Jesus comes to us right in the middle of our busy lives. Our immediate response might well be that it would be much better