Sunset, Olympia, Washington
When Christ selected his closest followers they left everything behind. Initially, they may have followed him because they thought he would free their nation from foreign rule, or perhaps they thought they would get a seat of power in this new kingdom he was going to establish.
However; as time went on they began to realize who he was, what his kingdom would be like, and what following him might be like. It was on Christ’s final trip to Jerusalem before his passion, after the bread of life discourse, that many of his followers left him. It was then that Jesus looked at his twelve apostles and said, “Do you also want to leave?” Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6: 67-69)
We must periodically ask ourselves: Are we willing to follow Jesus to the end? Are we willing to leave everything behind to follow him?
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