Matthew 4:19-20 (ESV)
[19] And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of
men.” [20] Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
One of the themes of Matthew is the King and his Kingdom. When Jesus said to
Peter and Andrew, and a short while later to James and John, “Follow me,” they
followed. When the King speaks, you obey. That concept is foreign to many of us
today. In a world that highly values individualism the idea of a King with absolute
power is not only foreign, but even offensive to many. When my son was little
we left him with his grandparents for a couple days. At one point he turned to
my Dad and said, “Your not the boss of me!” He found out quickly who was the
boss of whom. But somehow, we think that way. We hear and repeat things like, “Don’t
let anyone tell you what to do,” or “No one has power over you unless you give
it to them,” or “Don’t let others tell you how to live your life.” These
statements have the sound of wisdom. There is some truth in them but ultimately,
we have to stand before the King. It is the King who designed us. It is the
King who tells us who we are. It is the King who defines right and wrong, good
and bad. We do not have the right to define those for ourselves. It is the King
who deserves immediate obedience, not hesitant obedience, or compromised
obedience. He is the King.
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