1. Are we predisposed to make life-altering decisions?

4. “Just don’t
make me move
to Los Angeles.”
“I need to move
to Los Angeles
now!”

5. Not As Abrupt
or Random As
It Seems
Matthew 9:9 As Jesus
was walking along,
he saw a man
called Matthew
sitting at the tax
booth; and he said
to him, “Follow me.”
And he got up and
followed him.

6. What now?

7. Mainly two categories:

8. The “Follow” Questions
Why should
we follow?
Why should
we follow?
How far do
we follow?
Where is he
taking us?
How much
can we bring?
What do we
get for our
pains?
What will it
cost us to
follow?

9. The “Me” Questions
Who is this
who asks us to
follow him?

10. “We want to know who he is before we
follow him…[but] it is only by first following
him that we can begin to find out who he is.”
—Frederick Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat (98)

11. “Faith is the word that describes the
direction our feet start moving when we find
that we are loved.”
—Frederick Buechner, Ibid.

12. Faith is stepping out
into the unknown
with nothing to
guide us but a
hand just beyond
our grasp.

13. God only knows.

14. To follow means to follow,
not to lead.

15. Jesus calls us
despite our bringing
our baggage
wherever he takes us.

16. “Now Jesus will
love me more.”“I’m the
cream of the
crop!”
“Yay, me!!!”
“Whew”

17. Even so,
our feet
can still
follow him.
But how far
does Jesus
want us to go?
And what will
our attitude be
when we go?

18. Who is this
one who
calls us to
follow him?

19. As we follow, we become a Faith Village,
his body, the only body he has in this world,
the only hands and feet to do his work.
By his power at work in us,
others may choose to follow him, too.