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Jesus and his followers went into Capernaum. Immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and started teaching.
The people were amazed by his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the legal experts. 
Mark 1:21-22 CEB
Week 1 for James, John,   Simon & Andrew, fresh from fishing duties they're now with a Rabbi in the synagogue seeing the amazement of those listening to Jesus.
Jesus was speaking with a new authority, it's like he is from a different world...
I wonder what was going on for our fishermen?
What were they hearing?
What was their experience?
Their pathway to being a Rabbi's students was not the normal one...I'm wondering if they felt completely out of sorts, "what are we doing here?
How did we end up here?
What is going on?
What's my part in all of this?"
I'm wondering that they might have felt quite disoriented.
Perhaps you know what it's like to feel disoriented, like you don't quite fit, don't belong. 
James, John, Simon & Andrew knew that they had been called by Jesus, that they were following Him, and to trust Him.
And we can do the same.
We too have been called by Jesus, known by Him, so even in those times of disorientation, we get to trust Him too.
Lean in to Jesus. 
And allow His wisdom, truth & love reorient us.
#gospelofMark #GoodNews #weareinaBigStory 
#trust

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