Follow the Master

The announcement of guests at our house used to create a flurry of activity: moving laundry off the couch, boys running to put on shirts, and such. You would think we would have learned to expect the unexpected!
 
In John 11, Martha announced to her sister Mary, "The Master is come, and calleth for thee." Have you ever considered what it would feel like for Jesus to ask for you ... by name! Verse 29 says that Mary "got up quickly." One translation says she "sprang up quickly and went to Him." No hesitation or delay noted! How do you respond to Christ's call? Do argue and wrestle against Him? Is it business-as-usual, choosing rather the grind-and-whine of this life? For us, Jesus won a great battle at the cross, for you and for me! He loves us and calls us by name. Will we hear Him and follow?

The Master hath come, and He calls us to follow
The track of the footprints He leaves on our way
Far over the mountain and thro' the deep hollow
The path leads us on to the mansions of day
The Master hath called us, the children who fear Him
Who march 'neath Christ's banner, His own little band
We love Him and seek Him, we long to be near Him
And rest in the light of His beautiful land (Welsh Melody, Words by Sarah Doudney)