Follow Him

Sharing with you an excerpt from today’s gospel

Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
And he got up and followed Jesus.

Levi was at the post doing his thing, normal stuff, when Jesus passed by him. Jesus asked Levi to follow him. Levi got up and followed Jesus. It’s just something interesting, having a picture of this scene. Ganun ka simple, levi stood up and followed Jesus. No questions asked. No Ifs, not buts… How cool is that?

Levi immediately followed Jesus maybe because Jesus was just so credible that you had to follow him when he calls you. Maybe Levi was really looking for something better to do, maybe he wanted out of what he was doing. Maybe he was so detached with material things that’s why it was easy for him to follow Jesus. Whatever the reason is, what’s inspiring is the way he responded. Agad agad. Tayo kaya, are we ready? Will we respond the way Levi did?

May the gospel remind us to constantly and continue to prepare. We prepared last Christmas for Christ’s birth, but it should not end there. We should always be ready, consistently living in a state of grace and consistently doing His work, remaining in him, so when he calls us, we can respond like Levi.

God bless!