I guess this makes me eligible....

I think a lot of us sometimes struggle with thinking that we are not good enough to know Jesus. The truth is....we're not. But we can find great hope in the words of Jesus himself as we read the story of how Jesus called Levi (aka "Matthew") to follow him. Here is the story. "After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me." And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:27-32 (ESV) I am very glad of that last line! Because all of us are sinners. Most of us have a tendancy to fall into the same problem that the pharisees do. It is really easy for us to pick out everybody else's problems and not examine ourselves. It is not that the pharisees didn't do the right things, they just did the right things with the wrong motives. They acted like they cared about God's law but they didn't. They were more in love with being right than being with Jesus. But we find tremedous hope in these verses! Jesus came to call those of us who are sinners. He calls those who realize their need of Him. We need him and we need him more than anything. Today, how will you respond to such an amazing God who comes and gives himself to those who don't deserve him?