{"id":1286,"date":"2016-02-23T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2016-02-23T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:53:02","slug":"a-case-of-simon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2016\/02\/a-case-of-simon-says\/","title":{"rendered":"A Case of &#8220;Simon Says&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake. It was their regular work. Jesus said to them, \u201cCome with me. I\u2019ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I\u2019ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass.\u201d They didn\u2019t ask questions, but simply dropped their nets and followed. (Matthew 4:19 MSG)<br \/>\nAnd he saith unto them, <strong><em>Follow me<\/em><\/strong>, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19 KJV)<br \/>\nDo you recall playing the game \u201cSimon Says\u201d as a child? Someone would be appointed Simon, and everyone would follow his or her actions or comments. If Simon said, \u201cShake your hand,\u201d everyone did. If Simon said \u201cKneel down,\u201d everyone did. If Simon just burst out in laughter and someone followed without hearing the \u201cSimon says\u201d command, that person was it! Apparently this <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sightwordsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/simon-says.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"159\" \/>youthful activity can be traced back to the eleventh century, or even earlier. Some attribute it to the highly respected Roman orator Cicero and his followers. The phrase essentially was, \u201cCicero says do this\u201d\u2014and if Cicero said something, you did it. Somehow over the centuries and across the globe it has become a popular game, played worldwide in a variety of ways and settings.<br \/>\nAnd yet, before Cicero, there was one man who invited rustic men by the sea to do just what he said: Jesus of Nazareth. It wasn\u2019t exactly \u201cJesus Says.\u201d It was a more holistic command\u2014\u201cfollow me.\u201d Not simply an invitation to view a ninety-minute Christian film or participate in an hour-long Bible study. <strong>No, this was full-on, 100 percent, engage-with-me-in-life, \u201cfollow me.\u201d<\/strong> And when I read the gospel of Matthew and see how these men implicitly did just that, I must confess\u2014I am in awe. As I continue to wrestle with the matter of discipleship and look at the Master and his ways, I can\u2019t help but think we\u2019ve strayed. And I long for the desiring heart, the unencumbered approach to following Jesus that the disciples of long ago showed. They simply dropped their nets and followed. When Jesus says, \u201cFollow me,\u201d I pray\u2014may it be so for us!<br \/>\nBy Publisher, Don Pape<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/don-pape.jpg\" alt=\"Don Pape, Publisher\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake. It was their regular work. Jesus said to them, \u201cCome with me. 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