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Early in the morning, well before sunrise, Jesus rose and went to a deserted place where he could be alone in prayer. 
Simon and those with him tracked him down.
When they found him, they told him, 
"Everyone's looking for you!"
He replied, 
"Let's head in the other direction, to the nearby villages, so that I can preach there too. 
Thats why I've come."
He traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and throwing out demons.   
Mark 1:35-39 CEB
Simon went out looking for Jesus because it seems that there were people clamouring to see him.
Seems like the right thing to do.
Yet Jesus had a different agenda, a Bigger Story was going on than what Simon could see. 
Must've been a bit confusing, perhaps disorienting for Simon. Jesus wasn't where he was supposed to be. Jesus was popular, in demand, yet he is (literally) walking away to somewhere else.
When we don't "get" Jesus, can't figure out what God is about in this moment, will we trust the Bigger Story that we are in?
Simon had to hold his uncertainty and still follow Jesus.
Maybe that's the invitation for us in this, in our uncertainty, choose to follow Jesus, when we don't see "the plan" to trust Him anyway, when we can trust that we are in a Big Story...
#gospelofMark #GoodNews 
#invitation 
#takethenextstep 
#faith

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