What it means to “Be With Him”
“The Master appointed twelve that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach” (Mark 3:14). The focus here is that they might be with Him.
The call to be His disciples was not just to carry out the mission He had set for them. The first call as a disciple was to be in His presence, to be with Him. That was His foremost desire, not just workers that did His bidding. If you wanted to be His follower, you could not watch from a distance. Jesus was not looking for volunteers. He called them to leave the uncommitted crowd and take a stand with Him as His disciples.
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