Follow me

"Follow me", Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. LUKE 5:27-28



John worked in the family business, and though he was 17, he was reluctant to get his driver's license. Uncle Bob felt the boy was putting off growing up, so he came over one day, took John by the arm, and said, "Boy, it's time to go and get your driver's license."

"But Uncle Bob," John replied, "I haven't practiced enough. I'm not good enough yet."

"Don't you worry about that, son," Bob said. "I'll teach you what you need to knoe on the way."

The two men, one young with clammy hands and the older with a knowing grin, drove over to the Department of Motor Vehicles. John parked smack dab in the middle of two spaces with the line running under the middle of the car. He nervously walked into the building, fumbled through the driving test, and miraculously came out with a valid driver's license.

"I wondered how in the world I passed that test," the now older John mused. "Years later i found out. Uncle Bob knew the patrolman who administered it."

And that, my friend, is the gospel. Jesus takes us by the hand. "Follow me," He says. Sometimes we tell Him, "I'm not ready. I need more practice. I'm not good enough yet."

But Jesus says, "Don't you worry about that. You just come with Me, and I'll teach you what you need to know along the way."

And He makes sure we pass the exam...because He knows the One administering the test.

From the book "Extraordinary moments with God" by Sharon Jaynes.

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