Twelve Ordinary Men

This question was proposed to me very recently and pretty much every job interview I have ever been in. The answer that I have found myself giving lately has been unorthodox, yet true to myself, others and most importantly to my savior, Christ. When Jesus was walking around, teaching, he called upon twelve ordinary people, sinners, to follow him and represent him in places where he could not be physically. These twelve men were not anyone of any importance, they were mot church leaders or kings of different countries. They were not the smartest, most athletic, best looking. However, they did all have something in common...they were sinners that needed a savior, and they knew it. This is something that I have seen our church lacks. I am talking about the general church of Christ, the one that man has divided and made it more about human suffering, then worshiping to the one that gives us that salvation from that suffering.

Ok so I got kinda off topic. But, what I am saying is that God has called all of us to be disciples to all nations, and yes this includes our own. God represented all types of sinners in the ones he took company with while he was teaching for the last years of his life. He knew the hearts of these men and all he had to say was "Follow me." They did this without hesitation or thinking about it, while weighing the options. When was the last time you said, "Yes. I will follow you." without hesitation. For me, it has been a long time. I always try nd minimize God in my time. Try and figure out how to accomplish His plan and mine at the same time. DO WE NOT GET IT! You can not have two masters. You can not try and accomplish two plans of any sort. There is only one way to go about this, true 100% devotion and sacrifice to Christ. This means giving EVERYTHING to Him. Not just your 10% that you think are required at church. (I am not saying tithing is good....do it...but it is so much more than that)

These 12 ordinary men gave their lives to a man that said "Follow me." Christ gave no pamphlet on what will be accomplished. No permission slip to get signed. No time table when they will be back. These men had to know that they were leaving for the rest of their lives, most likely ending in a very painful death. Yet they did it without hesitation. Why do you ask? They did it because they knew that this man standing in front of them was the one way to heaven, the perfect sacrifice that will one day die for their sins, while being perfect himself. Am I the only one that finds this too amazing to put into words? I never knew how much these men did. Most importantly they did not do it for press coverage, because they will be famous, or so tat they will feel good about themselves. They literally gave their lives up because Christ asked them to. PERIOD. Once again I ask, when was the last time you did this?

I try to wake up each day with out a worry. I try to live my life with minimal stress. I find that there is zero reason to worry. zero reason to stress, especially when we have no control. Someone once asked me why I never cared about anything. Just because I do not stress out about things in my life doesn't mean I do not care. It is actually just the opposite, I care about it so much, I give it to Christ to take care of. Just like everything else in my life. I have proven I am unworthy to take care of my life. We all have and have proven it. It is called sin. That is why we have devoted our life to Christ. So he can make the decisions that we obviously have no place making.

I leave you tonight with one final thought/ challenge. Pick something in your life and just let go. Give it to Christ fully and 100% let go. Just like the twelve ordinary men did so very long ago. Like I have said in past posts, test first and lesson later.