While doing my quiet time yesterday I came across some verses that reminded me of a challenge I was presented with last summer at Fuge camp in Mobile, AL. Our camp pastor taught from the book of Mark that week and opened my eyes to an interpretation of the scriptures that I had never seen before.

In Mark 1:16-18 it says, "As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee,
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were
fisherman. 'Come, follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will make you fishers of men.'
And immediately they dropped their nets and followed Him.

Simon and Andrew depended on fishing for everything. Fishing was their job, it provided them with money and food to live off of through the year. When Jesus called them to be disciples scriptures says they not only dropped their nets and followed Him, but they IMMEDIATELY dropped their nets and followed Him. That was a major sacrifice for these two men, but they did it anyways. They had faith in this man that they barely knew and followed him.

Whether we see it or not, we are like these disciples in a way. In our lives, we all have things we consider our "nets". Whether its an addiction, certain habits, or activities we may participate in on a regular basis. . we all have nets and we need to let them go. We need to be like these disciples and drop them. Not tomorrow, not next year, but NOW. Just like Simon and Andrew immediately dropped their nets, the Lord calls us to immediately drop ours. The Lord wants us to get rid of those things in our life that keep us from fulling living our life for him and walking with him daily. He wants to have a relationship strictly with us without all the distractions getting in the way.

I know this may be a lot to take in. . Believe me its a lot for me to take in too, but its so important. I'm not only telling you this to challenge you, but I am challenging myself. Starting today I am going to take action and try and rid myself of things that get in the way of my relationship with the Lord. Its so much harder said than done, but its possible. So, I leave you with this question. . "Will you chose to drop your "nets" today and follow Him?"