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A Call to Leave Bible in a Year: Numbers 26–27 Mark 8:1–21 At once they left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4:20 Matthew 4:18–22 As a young woman, I imagined myself married to my school sweetheart—until we broke up. future yawned emptily before me and I struggled with what to do with life. At last I sensed God leading me to serve Him serving others and enrolled in seminary. Then the reality crashed through that I’d be moving away from roots, friends, and family. In order to respond to God’s call, I had to leave. Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee when He saw Peter and his brother Andrew casting nets into the sea, fishing a living. He invited them to “Come, follow me . . . and I will send you out to fish people” (Matthew 4. Then Jesus saw two other fishermen, James and his brother John, and offered them a similar invitation (v. 21). When these disciples came to Jesus, they also left something. Peter and Andrew “left their nets” (v. 20). James and John “left the boat and their and followed him” (v. 22). Luke puts it this way: “So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him” (Luke 5. Every call to Jesus also includes a call from something else. Net. Boat. . Friends. Home. God calls all of us to a relationship with Himself. Then He calls each of us to serve. Reflect & Pray How could God’s call to follow Him also call you from something else? In what ways can you trust Him with what you may be leaving? Loving God, me understand what I might need to leave in order to respond to Your call. 
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Sometimes, it not a drastic relocation, but a call to leave a safe haven we have built for ourselves emotionally..... just a call to step out of our comfort zone. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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