Spiritual Growth

Have you ever read about Jesus calling his disciples and thought, "Wait, what? They just left everything behind? Just like that?" If so, you're not alone. As someone who's spent most of my life in the Western world, I've often wondered about how quickly Peter, Andrew, James, and John dropped their fishing nets to follow Jesus.

In our hyper-connected, always-on society, it's easy to fall into the trap of treating our spiritual lives like just another item on our to-do list. Recently, a conversation with a friend highlighted this modern dilemma in a way that really struck me. She mentioned she was listening to the entire book of Psalms in just 40 days - an admirable goal, but one that got me thinking about the quality of our engagement with Scripture.