Following Jesus will cost you something — and it will give you everything in return. Here I am, Lord.
“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.’”
“And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’”
“And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him.”
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The call doesn’t wait for you to have it together.
Jesus doesn’t call the people who’ve already arrived — He calls the outcast, the overlooked, the ones who feel like they don’t measure up. If something in you feels unfinished, that’s exactly where He meets you.
Following Him will cost you something. But He never asks you to walk it alone — He goes with you.
What is Jesus asking you to leave behind in order to follow Him? What’s holding you back from taking that step today?
Tell Jesus what following Him might cost you right now.
Ask Him for the courage to leave it behind, trusting that wherever He leads, He goes with you.