Go make disciples?

What do you think Jesus meant when he said this? Did he mean go sign up as many as you can find that will follow you? I find it interesting that they didn't run right out there and do it! It took a terrible persecution to bust them out of their comfort zones, didn't it? Wonder why?

There are so many combinations of guesses. If I think about why I might have a little trouble going today I come up with a few huge roadblocks. But how can these block the path Jesus is lighting for us? There are the usual ones for me- my family. I miss my family very much. I don't get to see my brothers and sister's kids and grandkids growing up. I miss out on the chance to know them and be part of their lives. I suppose my family speaks of me around the kids and there are amazingly miraculous times when we do get to visit, although never for very long. So, family is huge and then extended family- friends and those we've just grown to love and grow old with. What about them? Relationships change when one moves. But our hearts are still attached, bound, if you will to those we love. It's uncertain whether they really know that or how they feel. Even today with all the technology available, it still isn't easy to keep in touch with some of them.

So back to disciples. Should we go into all the world as Jesus said? Or rather stick around home and disciple those we know? Well, it looks as if the more normal thing to do would be stay home, love the family and disciple those around you, your loved ones, right? But... what if.... God spoke and said go to some land where I will lead you? You have to go, right? And how will you find those to disciple?