Blind Mind
GIVE UP EVERYTHING The call to “give up everything” and follow Jesus seems to be a little extreme. If you’ve been around church any length of time, you might have heard this preached before. We should be ready to “give up everything” at any moment to follow Jesus! But how? What does that even mean? Should I sell my house and live homeless? Should I break my Xbox? Should I drop out of college? Does God really advocate this type of lifestyle? The answer is no. Jesus never asked His followers to make hasty, rash, foolish decisions. Jesus never advocated blind faith. In Matthew 4:18-20 , we read the call of Peter and Andrew. It’s literally 3 verses. Jesus sees them, calls them, and they drop everything. It’s quite simple. And at face value, it seems like that’s what it should be. Perhaps this is why we preach it in this manner. Sea of Galilee, where this story tak...