Jesus used two simple words to call Peter, Andrew, James, and John from being fisherman to becoming disciples. Jesus called Matthew away from being a tax collector and found Philip along the way. These two simple words changed their lives and are changing the lives of many today, “Follow Me.” The problem that we face today is that for most, it is only a temporary change, or maybe half-hearted at best. There are many things that keep a person from following Jesus wholeheartedly, family, finances, future, I think most of all fear. Fear of not knowing what the future holds, and not knowing, understanding, trusting in the One who holds everyone’s future in His hands. My heart is quickened when I read what is written in *Mark 8:34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?* There is a difference between those who profess Christ and those who follow Christ. For the first it seems to be more about idolatry, and for the second, servanthood. Charles Spurgeon said “A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend Him out of love to Himself are His own beloved ones. Lord, let me find my life in Thee, and not in the mire of this world’s favour or gain.” When we decide to fully follow Him everything changes, our goals, our plans, our future no longer belong to us but to Him who has called us out of this world to follow Him. Think about how different our world would be if modern day Christians would respond to Jesus’s call the same way the early Church did and surrendered all to Him for His glory and not their own.