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Matthew 4:19-20 - Our Relationship With Jesus In Following Him.

Matthew 4:19-20 (NLT) Jesus called out to 
them, Come, follow me, and I will show you how 
to fish for people! And they left their nets 
at once and followed him. 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   I am constantly sticking my head out the 
back door or down the hallway and calling to my 
boys. "Jack! Will! Addison! Come here, please!" I 
have things I want to tell them. Like how they 
need to finish doing their dishes. Or that their 
monthly letter from their Grandma Foth has arrived. 
Or that I love them the most. I have so many 
things to share with them. Whenever I call them, I 
am looking for a response. Have they heard me? 
Are they ready to do what I have asked? Why 
aren't they coming? 
   I want them to come so that I can look 
into their eyes and see their faces. Our 
conversations are important to me. It does neither of us 
any good if they just keep doing what they are 
doing and ignore my calls. 
   We often forget that our relationship 
with Jesus is a call-and-response relationship. 
He is calling out to us to follow Him. Just 
like the disciples, we should drop everything we 
are doing and come to Him. He has called us to 
Himself. How are we responding? With silence and 
indifference? With a quick thought of Ill talk to 
Him later"? Or do we run and fling ourselves 
into His arms and say, "I want to hear everything 
you have to say. It is the most important thing 
in the world to me"? 
   His Word is life. It breathes hope and 
renewal into our weary bones. His Word gives us a 
path to follow and leads in the way everlasting. 
I think we should come when He calls. by 
Susanna Foth Aughtmon 
   The disciples' lives changed radically 
when they followed Jesus. How has yours changed 
since you began following Jesus? [Mornings With 
Jesus 2019 Devotional by Guideposts and 
Zondervan] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS PASSAGE


http://www.abible.com/devotions/2005/20050930-0958.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2007/20070205-0857.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2010/20100105-1046.html 

EXCELLENT VIDEO SERIES ON 28 REVELATIONS OF 
JESUS 

1st of 28: Divine Dining: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_7j1QIKqmY 
2nd of 28: Pictures of the Divine: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNI-OQ7-eQ 
3rd of 28: A Dirty Bible: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkPvBuuFd4 
4th of 28: Cared For: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXyJVdcCds 
5th of 28: Saved: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX45kGRe1HI 
6th of 28: You Can Change: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0gkvK18fo 
7th of 28: Reprogramming Our Brains: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov36f_RapXc 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs FGGibbs@abible.com