Come.

Jesus doesn’t primarily say to us, “You must do this” or “Don’t do that.” Instead He says “Come.” As in “Come follow me” (Matthew 4:19)…or “Come to me” (Matthew 11:28). Most of us would often rather go and do something for Jesus than simply come to Him. Perhaps it’s because in His request to “Come” we are not exactly sure where He is calling us, or if we really want to be there, or what He might say to us once we get there. We would often rather be doing something that’s on our own hearts…claiming God has laid it there. Still, if you want to live a surrendered life, and who doesn’t, when the Master says come, we must come. There are fundamentally two types of people in this world: the willing and the unwilling. If Jesus Christ is to be the Lord and Savior of our lives, then we must be willing to come…period. If we will do that, simply come to Him…into His presence…then He will direct us as what we need to do or where we need to go. But it starts with a simple act of obedience…we must come. I am reminded of something I read once, “Partial obedience is actually disobedience.” I pray God will find you both willing and obedient!