Devotion:
Read Mark 1:14-20.
Hold on tight because this week focuses on how Mark shares the Good News, and Mark moves fast! Mark was a companion of the Apostle Peter, and he likely reflects the personality and thoughts of Peter in this gospel, the first to be written. Mark skips over the birth of Christ and jumps right to his baptism and the beginning of his ministry. In verse 14, Mark tells us that Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the good news of God. Right away, we have learned the focus of Jesus’ ministry.
Would Jesus work alone? The answer comes quickly in our passage for today, as Jesus begins calling people to come and follow him as disciples. Interestingly, his first invitations are to two sets of fishing brothers, Simon Peter and his brother Andrew and James and John, the sons of Zebedee. Did Jesus call them to become scholars or theologians, committee chairs or popular figures? No, he called them to seek after the lost…to “fish” for people. He called them to be who they already were but to focus on using their gifts to reach others. That is Christ’s invitation for all of us who are called to follow him.
Personal Worship Option:
As you reflect on your service to Christ, how do you use skills, knowledge, and experience you gained in your secular work to reach others for Christ? Think of these things as gifts that can be put to work in creative ways to help others know the Good News.
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