Day 21 - Two Simple Words
When God leads, we must follow. It has always been this way.
We cannot “go with God†and stay where we are. Our God is on the move and His people have always been a people on the move.
Abraham’s life is a beautiful example of what it means to follow God. “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.†(Heb. 11:8)
Moses, also, taught the people of God to follow wherever the Lord led them. “And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, and with a pillar of fire by night to light for them the way in which they were to go.†(Nehemiah 9:12)
When Jesus began His public ministry, he called his disciples with two simple words–Follow Me (see John 1:43). Throughout the three years of His public ministry, time and again, Jesus extended this clear imperative—Follow Me. Near the conclusion of His time on earth, Jesus issued the same, clear, succinct instructions—Follow me! While Peter was overly concerned about what would happen in another disciple’s life and ministry, Jesus helped Peter to see that it was not Peter’s job to “figure out†the will of God for someone else’s life. “Jesus said to him [Peter], ‘If it is my will that he [John] remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!’†(John 21:22—ESV)
Make it the sole purpose and focus of this new day to follow Christ!
Today’s Scripture Promise: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.†(John 10:27—NASB)