Article March 16, 2020 Issue

Dropping personal attachment

Katie Walter

Most of the men who would become Jesus’ disciples were simple fishermen. When he invited them to leave their fishing nets and follow him, they left livelihood, families, communities—all that they knew.

Can you imagine? Put yourself in the sandals of those men. You are living your life and are suddenly asked to leave it all for that which seems unknown.

Eventually the disciples would go down in history as key characters in a book that I, along with countless others, study and look to daily for practical answers to life’s many questions—the Holy Bible. But in that moment when Jesus asked them to drop their nets and follow him, what was it that moved them to take such a big step? If Jesus approached right here, right now, would you drop it all and follow him? Think about it.

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