Jump In

There are certain things that you just have to jump into.

With those things, there is no preparing for it. No warming up. No practice runs. Simply jump into it.

For example, take alligator wrestling. There is not a whole lot of practicing with that profession. Sure, one could practice on a 70 pound, 5 feet long, alligator-shaped basset hound, but that does not exactly count as a good warmup for an 800 pound, 13 feet long, alligator.

Take this guy…

How do you practice for something like this? You don’t. You simply jump in. (Please notice his gnarled, apparently chewed-up-by-an-alligator left hand.)

Alligator wrestling, base jumping, olympic highdiving, etc…

All these things you have to just jump into.

We can put “FOLLOWING JESUS” on the same list of things you just jump into. There is no halfway in/halfway out with following Jesus. There is no preparing, no warming up, no practice runs, and no figuring it out. You simply jump in.

In Luke 5, Jesus calls a group of men to follow him. In both instances, Scripture says that the men got up, left everything, and follow him. There was no warmup, no practice runs, and no taking care of some details. They left everything – their money, jobs, families, stability, hobbies, possessions, status, etc – to follow Jesus. They jumped right in to following Jesus.

In the same way, Jesus is calling you and I to follow him.

Are you ready and willing to JUMP in?