Okay off of that side note and back on topic! The book of Mark! This is my favorite book of the gospel (with Luke following close behind!). I had just finished reading it for the first time in about a year. After contemplating what book of the Bible I should dive into next and a couple of discussions with some wise people I decided to re-read Mark. This time I would go through it more slowly and really digest what is being said and compare my life to the word.
There are several beautiful moments right at the very beginning of chapter one. Moments that show God's glory and eternity! Moments that prove God's promises will always be fulfilled! But it wasn't those verses that I had to compare my life with. It was verses 16 - 20 where Jesus calls the four fishermen. In these verses there were a couple of things that stood out to me.
The thing that I had to really stop and look at was in verse 18 & verse 20. The first few words of these verses we "At once" and "Without delay". There is an abandonment that these verses portray. I had to ask myself if I was following Jesus with the same abandonment. The answer? No.
I couldn't think of how I was abandoning my selfishness and what I want during my day-to-day life. So over the next (however long it takes) I will be on this scripture and looking for ways daily to abandon myself so that I can show more Jesus in my life. I invite you to do the same! Join me in this journey and together we can live in abandonment to Christ!
~Awaken Us~
Brenna Stanford
