"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." 
Matthew 4:19 

 

In Jesus' day, gifted students would listen to various rabbis and then approach their chosen rabbi and ask, "May I follow you?"  In effect, the student was asking, "Do I have what it takes to be like you?"  The rabbi would either accept the student as a talmid or would encourage him to pursue a trade.

 

Jesus broke this pattern when he chose his own talmidim.  As he asked his disciples to follow him, they knew without a doubt that their rabbi believed in them.  And as they came to see Jesus as the Messiah, they realized that God believed in them too.    

We have ALL been called by God.  Read what the Prophet Isaiah says: I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.  Isaiah 41:9   Will I accept God’s calling and follow him – knowing He believes in me – and will equip me?

 

Or are you waiting for God to equip you first?  Remember this -- God NEVER calls the equipped, He equips the Called!

 

Prayer
Heavenly Father – you have called me, by name, and you will equip me with all that I need to do your will through me.  Help me to surrender to you.  Amen