John, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?"
That was the challenge Steve Jobs issued in 1983 to John Sculley, then president of Pepsi-Cola. Mr. Jobs was the creative genius behind Apple Computer. He knew that the soft-drink executive could help Apple make its mark on the computer world. Sculley accepted the bold challenge.
Jesus issued a challenge to three fishermen as they tended their nets. He commanded, "Follow Me!" (Mk. 1:17). They did, and with a handful of other ordinary men they changed the world. On the Day of Pentecost the promised Holy Spirit began a new work through them, and 3,000 were saved (Acts 2). Eventually critics would charge that they had turned the world "upside down" (Acts 17:6).
Our world is wrong-side up and right-side down, living by principles opposed to our Lord's teachings. We can either follow the world's dead-end philosophies, or we can accept Jesus' challenge to bring change to the world.
Today let's serve God by praying, giving, and witnessing in our small corner. One day the King of kings will return and transform the whole world! — Vernon C. Grounds
Christ calls to us, "Come follow Me,
And don't look back to yesterday;
Fresh grace I'll give to change your world,
My joy you'll find as You obey." --DJD
A disciple is known not for what he gives up, but for what he takes up.