Come be fishers of men

This week our sermon at church was the calling to service of the disciples as told in the book of Mark. I appreciate this scripture because it shows the dedication of the disciples to Jesus?And it always makes me wonder, if I was in the same situation would I be so willing to drop everything and just follow this person? And then I realize, we are in the same situation. God is calling us to move into action. To follow someone, Jesus, whom we have never met before blindly into the world. We must trust that He will lead us the right way and not into any danger that we can not handle. Are we willing?
Our pastor challenged us to think of a Bible story or verse that we relates to our personal story. I have a few that I could relate I suppose but the one that came to me yesterday is similar to the commissioning of the disciples. There is one version that talks about a man coming to Jesus and asking what he must to do follow Him. Jesus says the man must drop everything and follow. The man hesitates and asks Jesus for some time before he follows, saying that he needs to take care of a few things first.
 I think often times that is me. I will feel the call to do something, but instead of my first reaction being, "Okay, let's do this God." I am more of a "Ah, okay I will totally do that, but first I would like to do x,y and z." I know that may come as a shock to some because I have a rather spontaneous nature and am usually up for anything but when I comes to big projects or things that I am uncertain on, I hesitate and wonder if I will be able to do it before I jump in.
If I am striving to live a life fully dedicated to God, I need to remember that all of the other stuff will be taken care of. God has a plan for us and if we are living with an open mind and an open heart, we will be lead in the right direction and everything will be provided for us. This not to say that there will not be work involved because there always is. This is just to say that if we don't worry about the small stuff, the journey will be better.
The challenge is always to put our full trust in God and what he has in store for us. For his plans are greater than anything we could come up with, and when we really jump feet first into something the results are often beyond our greatest imagination.
I admire the disciples that just dropped their nets and followed Jesus when he called them by name. They were willing to drop everything when asked and to not worry about what was going to happen. I strive to have that same mentality, to be willing to go in whatever direction I am called to. Because let's be honest, I would have never imagined I would be where I am today, and it is a better place then I would have put myself without God. So the challenge this week is to listen to the call and be willing to jump in without worrying about the consequences and without worrying about all the small stuff. To put in the work necessary to be ready for when the call comes, because you better believe that God has the most powerful cell phone and that call always comes through!
Until next time,
~Michelle