Topic: FOLLOW ME
Text: Matthew 9:9-13
9:9 When the Pharisees heard that He silenced the Sadducees, they came together.
9:10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.
9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
9:12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, [a]to repentance.”
STUDY:
Saint Matthew is one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ and is remembered on September 21 of every year. The name Matthew comes from the Greek, Mattaioś which means ‘gift of Yahweh.’ Matthew was a tax collector (Matt. 9:14; 10:3), a profession whose members were hated by the Jews because they cheated a lot and worked for Rome. This was the image of Matthew when Jesus met him and invited him to “Follow Me” (v. 9). Matthew left his profiting career and followed Jesus. From that moment, Matthew followed Jesus who was the Way.
When God calls us to follow or obey Him, we are to do it without delay as Matthew did. Sometimes the decision to follow where He leads requires difficult or painful choices. All the same, we must decide to leave behind the things that would keep us from following Jesus, for we have no one else to whom we can go who has the words of eternal life (cf John 6:68). Again, we should never be tempted to follow any man no matter who he is. Jesus to us today, “Follow me.”
Prayer:
Father; may I ever follow your Son, never looking back. Amen.
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