Jesus and Calling
Saddleback Church Weekend Messages
Saddleback Church
4.7 • 723 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In a culture where people are searching for their calling, Jesus offers something deeper. In Mark 1, Jesus invites ordinary fishermen with simple words: “Follow me.” Their calling did not begin with a career or plan. It began with a relationship. First, Jesus calls us to relationship with Him. Following Jesus is not about rules or religion. It is about letting Him lead our lives. Our lives are defined not by what we do, but by who we follow. Second, Jesus calls us to transformation. The disciples came as ordinary fishermen, but as they followed Him, He changed them. Jesus meets us where we are, but He does not leave us there. Third, Jesus calls us to make a difference. Jesus told His disciples He would make them fishers of people. Their decision to follow Him changed the world, and God still uses ordinary people to reach others with His love.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, this is Andy Wood, and I'm the pastor here at Saddleback Church, and this is our podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | Be sure to subscribe so we can get you these new messages every week, and I hope you enjoy today's message. |
| 0:14.2 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:23.3 | But we're so glad that you're here. |
| 0:27.4 | Today we are in the second week of a message series called Jesus on the Move. |
| 0:29.8 | And we're looking at the Book of Mark in the New Testament. |
| 0:35.8 | This is the gospel account of the life of Jesus through the vantage point or through the eyes of Peter, |
| 0:38.4 | one of the first three followers of Jesus. And today we're going to continue that journey through the eyes of Peter, one of the first three followers of Jesus. |
| 0:41.6 | And today, we're going to continue that journey through the Gospel of Mark. |
| 0:46.3 | But what I love about jumping into the Bible, no matter where you are in your journey of faith, that there's something that happens on the inside of our hearts and our minds that |
| 0:50.3 | transforms as we open this book. |
| 0:53.0 | And last week, we did a small challenge. |
| 0:55.2 | We said, what if over the next month we all opened the book of Mark and we read about a |
| 0:59.5 | chapter a day. |
| 1:00.6 | We called it the March through Mark challenge. |
| 1:03.3 | And a lot of you took that challenge and you've been journeying through this gospel |
| 1:07.0 | account of the life of Jesus. |
| 1:08.9 | And if you didn't take that challenge, you still can today. You'll find in the app a little place that you say, I'm in, and we'll send you a one-page, a little sheet of paper you can print out and journey with us, read through the Gospel of Mark, memorize a couple of verses from the Bible, and pray for people in your life that God wants to use you to impact. So you can find |
| 1:28.4 | that in your app. But I want to invite you, if you have your notes, you can pull them out. And today |
| 1:32.6 | we're going to start our conversation around a very important subject that shows up in Mark |
| 1:38.1 | 1 with the passage we're going to look at today, the subject of calling, of calling. And maybe you've |
| 1:44.0 | heard that word before. |
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