Could I leave my nets behind????

I love a good thought provoking sermon. I love those sermons that I'm still pondering over on Wednesday. The pastor at First Christian Church in Rogers is totally fabulous. He's a young guy with more energy than my 2 year old. He can flat preach a sermon. He bounces around, slaps the podium and gets a wee bit noisy. I love it! I recently learned that he was the mascot at TCU. That explains his bounciness (the Horn FROG).

He makes me think about my Christianity. His sermons make me realize I am not doing enough. Yes, I know that we all fall short of the glory of God, but most days I fall way short. As hard as it is to know that more and more every Sunday, it's also a blessing. As Dr. Phil says, "we can't fix what we don't acknowledge".

Today the sermon was on leaving our nets behind. There were 4 different scriptures highlighting followers that would do ANYTHING to follow Jesus. Some of them left dying relatives, some of them were willing to offer a burnt sacrifice with the sacrifice being their only son and others left their jobs, their financial security....their nets. He ended the sermon with "would we be able to leave it all behind to follow Jesus?"

If God said, "Courtney, leave everything behind - your house, your car, your stuff, your friends, your husband and your kids.....and follow me" Could I do it? If God said, "Courtney, I want you to take your son and kill him, in my name" Would I do it?

Would I? Forgive me, God, but no.....not yet, but I'm working on it. I'm working on trusting you enough to know that you've got me no matter what. I'm working on believing that if you said, "offer your child as a burnt sacrifice...." it would be for good reason. I want to have that trust, Lord. I want to be able to walk away from my nets if you called me.

Help me find that trust, that trust that lies so deep in faith......Trust that I never knew I didn't possess.....

Amen