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And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
Mark 1:19-20 ESV
What is it that Jesus "saw" in these guys?
He's wandering down the beach where the fishermen are and just "sees" that THESE are the guys who could turn the world upside down.
These guys who were still working for their Dad in their family fishing early.
They just happen to be on the same beach at the same time as the first two...
Or is what Jesus was looking for in each of us?
He's called you and me.
Sometimes I'm still hanging on to my net. Don't want to go all in with Jesus.
Maybe that's what he saw... ordinary people prepared to go all in.
Prepared to leave their nets.
He's calling.
Am I prepared to leave my net?
#gospelofmark
#ordinarypeople
#allin

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