Day 327 Location Matters

Jesus showed us that location matters when it comes to our relationships with the people in our lives who don't believe in him. After recruiting some of His first disciples, they all attended a banquet in the home of a Jewish tax collector name Levi. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors were at the banquet.

The questionable crowd didn’t sit well with the Jewish religious leaders. They “complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples saying, ‘Why do you eat and drink with such scum?’" They couldn’t understand why Jesus would have anything to do with people who sold out to the Roman government while their countrymen remained poor and oppressed.

But Jesus understood that location matters. He showed His disciples that to fish for people, you have to go where the “sinners” are.

This is dangerous “fishing.” It presents the danger of being compromised by the world. So it requires a strong relationship with Jesus and deep commitment to follow Him in obedience. 

 It also requires regular involvement with other like-minded believers. But if we’re going to share Jesus with the world, we must be in the world.