We are called by Jesus to be His Disciples

April 4, 2013 - Luke 6:12-16

    ^12-16 At about that same time he climbed a mountain to pray. He was there all night in prayer before God. The next day he summoned his disciples; from them he selected twelve he designated as apostles:

  Simon, whom he named Peter,
Andrew, his brother,
James,
John,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James, son of Alphaeus,
Simon, called the Zealot,
Judas, son of James,
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus is a charismatic person, who is always full of the Holy Spirit, sometimes prays all night before God, and performs miracles in healing and casting out of demons. But Jesus at the same time participates in human affairs - even messy lives of humans. Jesus is also incarnational in human lives. 

I (Matthew) am also one of the disciples called by Jesus. I am not Peter, James and John who are the key leaders of the apostles but I am still one of them to be called by Jesus. Jesus called me to follow Him and to leave my secular job as His disciple, his servant and even his friend. I am not only one of them but I am also a unique person to be called and loved by Jesus, my Lord. Jesus calls me to follow Him and imitate Him - to be incarnational in human lives (sometimes messy lives on earth - deal with people's sins, weaknesses, struggles), but at the same time, relying on Jesus, to bless and transform people's lives through preaching, teaching and healing by the power of the Holy Spirit.