Whether we want to embark on a journey or on a project, it might be more convenient and even faster if we do it alone.
We won't need to discuss our plans with others or have meetings and listen to opinions and have discussion that would take up time and energy.
When Jesus began His mission of proclaiming the Good News of salvation, He didn't do it alone.
As we heard in the gospels, He called His first disciples, Peter and Andrew, and then going on, He called James and John.
And He would be calling more along the way.
Jesus could have gone about doing it alone and that would certainly be easier and less troublesome too.
But Christianity is about community, and Jesus called disciples so that they in turn can be His witnesses and continue His saving work to the ends of the earth.
As it is said, if you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together with others.
We need each other in the journey of faith. If we want to go to heaven, we have to do it together.