A Disciple's JourneyНамуна

The Simple Call

The first and maybe the most surprising thing is just how little information is exchanged between Jesus and Peter when they first meet. The call to follow was not accompanied by a long explanation or justification. Jesus didn’t front-load the commitment. He didn’t pull out a white board and sketch out what the next few decades of Peter’s life would look like, giving him a full proposal and timeline. He doesn’t provide a list of how much it will cost Peter or the places where it will take him. In Mark 1:16–17, Jesus simply says, “follow me.” Peter knows only that he trusts Christ and that he’s willing to go wherever Christ takes him. That’s how the journey starts!

The Simple Response

Now, it wasn’t as if Peter didn’t have anything else to do. Just like you and me—Peter had a life. He had a small business. He had a family. But when Christ called him, suddenly that became the single most important thing in his world. Everything became relative to Christ. His life found a new center.