Baptism definitively places our unique and personal name in the company of the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Because we do not baptize ourselves (it is always something done to us in the name of the three-personed God in community) we are no longer merely by ourselves. We are on our way to understanding our lives comprehensively and in community as children of this three-personed God. We are turned around, no longer going our own way, but living as members of the community that follows Jesus.

Repent is the no and follow the yes of the baptized life. Repent is an action word: change direction. You are going the wrong way, thinking the wrong thoughts, imagining everything backward. We begin the resurrection life not by adding something to our lives but by renouncing the frenetic ego life...
And then follow. Follow Jesus. Keeping company with Jesus, observing what he does and listening to what he says, develops into a life of answering God, a life of responding to God, a life of prayer.1
With that in mind, we set out to understand Jesus, so we can decide whether or not we really want to follow where he leads. Sound interesting? Then let's go...]

Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places.