What are we building?
There are so many things we are told we should be building. A life, a career, relationships, a network, a legacy, an empire, a bank account, a reputation, a home, and the list goes on. But what does God tell us to build? When He called His disciples, He asked them to leave whatever they were "building" - a fishing business, being a tax collector (career), etc. - to follow Him. Where? To do what? These are questions that we ask Jesus all the time. Did the disciples ask Him these questions? We don't have record of it, if they did. None of the gospels say that the disciples questioned Jesus' call to them to follow Him. They just did. They dropped whatever they were doing and listened to Him. That takes guts. Now did they have all the trappings of life that we have today? The modern conveniences? Technology? Of course not. Did that make it easier for them to give up stuff and follow Jesus wholeheartedly? Maybe. Maybe not. Nowadays, problem is we have m