Appointed to Be With Jesus (Mark 3:14)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Mark 3:14, David Platt reminds us that following Jesus means being with him and leading others to him. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.4	Mark chapter 3, verse 14, and he appointed 12, whom he also named apostles, so that they might be with him, and he might send them out to preach.
0:18.5	That is an awesome verse. Just let this verse soak in. It's one of my favorite
0:24.4	verses in the book of Mark as Jesus appoints these 12 apostles, disciples. And right after this,
0:33.4	in verse 16, he gives their names, Simon, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James,
0:44.0	the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the zealot, and Judas. So these 12, what were they
0:51.0	appointed to do? They were appointed.
0:56.7	Listen to this phrase, to be with him.
0:59.7	What a picture of what it means.
1:01.9	To be a follower of Jesus.
1:05.1	Fundamentally, it means to be with Jesus.
1:09.5	Think about your life in this framework today.
1:15.2	You are appointed to be with Jesus. Not just to do things for Jesus. No, fundamentally, you're appointed to be with Jesus. You're set apart. You're called.
1:22.6	God has made you and invited you to be with Jesus. This is your life as a Christian. Not just to believe
1:31.6	certain things or do certain things. Don't let Christianity just be a set of beliefs you have
1:38.4	and a set of activities you do. No, you are appointed by God to be with Jesus, to walk with Jesus, to enjoy Jesus,
1:48.8	to know Jesus, to be known by Jesus, to experience deep relationship with Jesus, deeper than any
1:56.8	other relationship you have in this world. This is what you're made for. And that he might send them out
2:04.0	to preach. Oh, not just to be with Jesus, but to lead others to be with Jesus. What a life. This is the
2:13.6	Christian life. This is what it means to be a disciple, what it means to be a follower of Jesus,
2:19.5	to be with Him and to lead others to be with Him. So, God, we pray that you help us to experience
2:26.8	this life today. We pray that you would keep us from being content and just believing certain things about Jesus. Even the demons believe
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