"He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him." James and his brother John dropped everything to follow Christ. They embarked on this unknown journey with Jesus, traveling "around all of Galilee," with neither stability nor security. All they had was trust. How remarkable this is! Clearly, their encounter with Christ was life-changing, even before they knew the full truth.
We, on the other hand, already know about his miracles, his resurrection, and the whole history of Christian faith. In a sense, it should be easier for us to "leave our nets" than it was for the brothers in today's Gospel. Yet how often do we resist the call to surrender our lives to Christ? And where would we be today if the apostles had tried to part-time it with the Lord? Would the Christian message have spread at all? So much was accomplished through the sincere faith of these humble fishermen. What could we accomplish if we trusted in Jesus as they did?
