Gospel Driven People

"And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.” He answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.”" (Mark 1:36-38, NRSV)

Have you ever felt distracted? Have you ever had that feeling deep down inside you, knowing you are not doing what you are suppose to be doing? It is easy to get distracted in life. To go down a career path, to live your life they way people expect or the way the world wants you to live it. Life in this world is distracting—I think that is the point.

This world is full of distractions and rabbit holes. The question for us is how far are we going to go down one. It is like the movie the matrix, where the world itself around us is a façade to distract us from the true reality.

People wanted to distract Jesus from his vocation—his calling. They wanted to be a part of him as the miracle-man, the one that healed everybody. Jesus’ ministry wasn’t about healing—it was about proclaiming the good news. Healing was a means to an end for his ministry.

Jesus’ ministry is ours. He has given us this ministry of proclamation. We are to be His heralds in this matrix-world. Let us not be distracted from this mission. Let us be Gospel-Driven people and not Distracted-Driven People.