“FOLLOW ME!”

 Luke 9:57-62

“[57] As they were going along the road, someone said to HIM, “I will follow YOU wherever YOU go.” [58] And JESUS said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the SON of Man has nowhere to lay HIS head.” [59] To another HE said, “FOLLOW ME.” But he said, “LORD, let me first go and bury my father.” [60] And JESUS said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of GOD.” [61] Yet another said, “I will follow YOU, LORD, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” [62] JESUS said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of GOD.””

What are my “excuses” for NOT following JESUS today???

“The enemy” shows no preference when it comes to interfering with the WORK OF THE LORD. JESUS tells us that we need to be obedient to HIS LORDSHIP and follow HIS COMMANDS. Where HE leads us might cause us to make some uncomfortable decisions, but HIS PATH is not for “this world” to understand.  

“FOLLOW ME” when HE is headed to the cross isn’t something that most would volunteer for! But JESUS says in Matthew 16:24-25 “If anyone would come after ME, LET DENY HIMSELF and take up his cross and follow ME. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for MY sake will find it.”

Our LOVE for JESUS should transcend the feelings we have for anything else. Where does my LOVE for JESUS rank in my life? Am I willing to “suffer” (Philippians 1:29-30) for HIM, or do I prefer a comfortable life with everything handed to me on a silver platter? My preference is to SUFFER FOR A SHORT TIME (1 Peter 1:6-10) and to “FOLLOW ME” wherever HE leads me!!!