13 JAN 23 Friday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.” Mark 2:13-14
One of the things that strikes me in Jesus’ ministry is his consistency in sharing the good news, looking for those that are open, and directly choosing who will be his. You figure Jesus did good things like healing, exorcisms, and feeding thousands, but at the end of his ministry had only eleven solid guys and hundred plus beginning to get it.
You would fire Jesus if he was a salesman because his pitch to close ratio was terrible. Jesus wasn’t selling anything, he was finding those that belonged to him, which were few, and developed them into productive disciples. Many heard the call, but few were chosen. Do you get that? The disciples met that same ratio when at pentecost several million people witnessed the move of the Spirit and heard the gospel and three thousand came to faith.
Gospel work is to be intentionally done by “every” disciple, seeking the open, and investing deeply in the few. There is never zero. There are always some, few, and in some cases many to be found. There is still work to be done until you are called home or Jesus returns.
Are you consistently and intentionally sharing the gospel?
Reading Plan: Psalm 16, 17; Isa. 42:1-17; Eph. 3:1-13; Mark 2:13-22
Daily Office Year 1
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