Apprenticeship vs. Appreciation

Jesus looks at a large crowd of people following him around. And instead of rejoicing in his own fame, he challenges his "followers" to consider what it means to truly follow him. As Hans Bayer once said, discipleship is nothing less than giving Jesus a blank check. We surrender our life to his purposes. At first this seems impossibly narrow and bad. But according to Jesus, it is the truest path to freedom.