“Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.”-Matthew 4:18-22
A few months ago, I heard a sermon that really stuck with me and was based off of the reading above. It brought up an idea I hadn’t thought of before: Jesus as the “Great Interrupter.” Usually we think of an interruption as something negative. Jesus brings another kind of interruption: He asks us to let Love in and to allow our lives to be radically transformed. He asks us to abandon or re-evaluate our plans and ways of living for something greater.
When James and John set out on a boat that day to start work, they didn’t know that their lives would never be the same again. They had no idea that they would literally drop their nets, their careers, and lives as they knew it, and follow Jesus. What an eventful day that must have been! Mary certainly wasn’t expecting an angel to show up to her family’s abode in Nazareth and announce that she would carry the Son of God in her womb! Jesus never leaves things as they are.
We make plans for our lives; some of us are determined and don’t want anything to derail us. Are you ready for Jesus, the Great Interrupter? If He asks you to lay down your plans and take a different direction, are you ready? Or are you determined to push away all interruptions, even if your Lord were the one stepping in? Take a moment to reflect. Is He stepping in and asking you to take a different direction?
Jesus: the Great Interrupter. With Him, our lives here and eternally will never be the same!
(originally published on sunflowersojourn.wordpress.com)
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One of the nicest, succinct and meaningful blogs I have ever read – thank you.