Devotion for the First Week of Epiphany

Recently I read a story about a man by the name of Jim Egan who worked at the West Coast Computer Fair in 1977. His job was to help customers decorate their booths. Industry shows are the cheapest way to reach customers within the trade, but some undercapitalized entrepreneurs hardly have enough to rent a booth, let alone pay for the decorations.

Egan was approached by a couple of long-haired young men who wanted some chrome displays to make their booth "look flashy." Egan said he had the displays but they were for rent. The young me said they were short of cash, but perhaps Egan would rent the chrome displays to them in exchange for some stock in their company. Egan, who had seen companies come and go in his twenty years in the business, said he would accept only hard cash.

So Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs did without the chrome, fixed up their booth, and kept the stock in Apple Computer to themselves. Sometimes it is a good thing to catch someone else's dream.

The story of the New Testament is the story of men and women who got close enough to Jesus to catch his dream. Doesn't it amaze you how quickly the disciples left their fishing nets to follow Jesus? What are you waiting for?

And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. Mark 1:17 - 18