Everything All At Once

05/28/2008 - That's what was left behind when Jesus called some of His closest followers, and how it was abandoned - everything, and at all at once:

"As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 'Come, follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will make you fishers of men.' At once they left their nets and followed him.
"Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him." ~ Matthew 4:18-20

"After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. 'Follow me,' Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him." ~ Luke 5:27-28

It was the same call made to a rich young man(Mark 10:21), to a man who wanted to bury his father (Luke 9:59), to someone who wanted to say goodbye to a family (Luke 9:61).

Some left everything that very moment and followed. Some didn't.

Does He make the same call to us, in the same way, with the same requirements implicit in it?

Is it the part about leaving everything behind that makes us hesitant to follow Him the way some did?

Or the part about doing it right now?

Or both?