Mark 1:14-20—The Calling of the Disciples (Downtown)

Preacher: Heidi Mills Main Idea: Jesus' ministry of the Kingdom of God was about disrupting the unjust social order for the sake of creating a new social order. "Kairos time is the right or opportune time. It is a decisive moment in history that potentially has far-reaching impact. It is often a chaotic period, a time of crisis. However, it is through the chaos and crisis that God is fully present, disrupting things as they are and providing an opportunity to a new future--God's future.
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"Kairos time is, therefore, a time pregnant with infinite possibilities for new life. Kairos time is God's time. It is a time bursting forth with God's call to a new way of living in the world." Kelly Douglas Brown, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. Jesus disrupted the fishermen in the middle of their ordinary lives... so they can be a part of what Jesus doing.
 
The disciples don't know what the end result of this disruption will be, but they make the decision to follow anyway.  Pray: God, how are you disrupting my life, and what am I called to do or become in response?