Jesus' disciples and John the Baptist practiced baptism — immersion of repentant folks who were preparing themselves for God's coming Kingdom. Two things about this baptism are particularly interesting. First, until Jesus and John, most of the washings in Judaism were self-administered. Second, baptism like John practiced was in use, but primarily for Gentiles who were becoming Jewish proselytes. Imagine the attention and furor — Jews being baptized like Gentiles! Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all reveal this attention in their stories of Jesus. Many people realized God was doing something special in his people. To prepare themselves for this work of God, many were willing to do whatever God asked of them. So the biggest question for us is this: "Am I willing to do anything God asks of me to follow Jesus?" I hope our answer is, "Yes." So now let's ask God to show us what that "anything" truly is!