We all follow someone. Our lives are influenced by many events and many people. Sometimes we consciously follow people. Sometimes it is subconsciously. Today’s reading from Mark’s Gospel, with the call of the disciples is a challenge to us to consciously evaluate who and what we allow to guide our lives. Jesus calls some disciples, and we are told they followed; they allowed him to influence their direction. The challenge to all of us who wish to call ourselves Christian, is to allow the life of Christ to influence our direction. When our life’s direction lines up with that of Jesus’, then we are genuinely living a Christian life.

Who are you following? What do you allow to influence the direction of your life and family? And is this how you want it to be?

As we explore this, we do it with a gracious God who wants the best for us.
In Christ’s service together, Dion.