God Is Calling, “Come With Me”

While studying Proverbs 1:11, I noticed something that started me thinking about Jesus when He began calling the disciples to follow Him. Verse 11 reads: They may say, “Come join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent.” This verse and the verses that follow are actually Solomon speaking with his young son about the corruption of joining a gang and following after evil and wickedness. A lot of times our youth will join gangs, because they are looking for somewhere to belong, they want to stand for something, they want to believe in something or someone and they cannot find in the home. Our lost youth will join a gang thinking that it’s going to fulfill the emptiness they are desperately seeking to fill. Gangs initiate members by fighting, asking them to steal, kill, or stab someone. Their minds are so imbedded in hate and anger that they no longer care for preserving their own lives that they will ambush the innocent with no care for human life. They give the members hope for becoming leaders if they do what the head of the gang ask them to do. They claim streets as their own territories and don’t allow other gangs or people who didn’t live in the neighborhood to come around without trouble or consequence.  

Now on the other hand you have Jesus calling a gang of men unto Himself, Matthew 4:19 Jesus called out to them, “come follow Me and I will show you how to fish for people.” He was the Messiah come to save the lost. He was God with us, come to be an example of the Father in heaven. He was the true word made flesh. He was the embodiment of unconditional love giving Himself to us unto death. That’s the gang I want to roll with. In Him we stand in love, peace, belief, trust, faith, hope, and joy. In Him we are the head and not the tail; we are conquers and not defeated. In Him we have life more abundantly and completely. In Him we are the righteous and the just. In Him we are kingdom kids redeemed from sin and death to life.

The World does not entice you to sin by offering pain and trouble, but by offering friendship, pleasure, and success. When Jesus calls He offers life and life more abundant. Jesus is calling us to come follow Him. He is calling us to be a part of building the Kingdom of God here on earth. We are called to; Come, help a brother or sister in need. Come love others as I have loved you. Come, hear My words and learn from Me. Come, give your life to Me and let Me show you who you are in Me. Come all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Come, fellowship with Me and the family of God on Sunday. Come, help Me feed and clothed the poor. Jesus is calling you today, will you come?

Prayer:

Father, today I come before your throne seeking Your face, I am tired of living this life without You. Father, I believe with all my heart that there is salvation in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ and I confess with my mouth that I am a sinner in need of forgiveness for all the wrong I have done to you, myself, and to others. Father, today I come and ask to become a part of the kingdom of God in Jesus name, Amen.

Thank You Father for Your acceptance, today I am a child of God, Amen