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“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”              Matthew 4:19 NIV

 

Jesus gives the same command to every person in every age. “Follow Me.” He did not say things we might have expected, like read your Bibles more, or pray more, or worship God more, or serve God more, or tell others about Me, or start a church. He said simply, “Follow Me.” On twenty different occasions Jesus said, “Follow Me.” So this will be God’s way forward for every Christian. Whether we have been a believer for 50 years or 15 minutes the command is the same. “Follow Me.” This shouldn’t surprise us, although perhaps it does. It sounds so basic, so simple. After all, many of us have been involved in the church for many years. When we think of expressing our Christian faith, we think of “church membership.” But the Bible never speaks of “church members.” Not once, ever. In fact, the Bible only uses the word “Christian” three times. The word “believer” only comes 14 times in the Gospels and Acts. Much more often, around 100 times, we read about people following Jesus. So that is what God calls us to be. Followers of Jesus. People who obey that simple command, “Follow Me.” If we really want to respond to God’s love and grace, we must learn to follow Jesus. We must learn more about what following Jesus means. We must learn HOW to follow Jesus, and then to put what we learn into practice in our lives so that we actually are following Jesus in all our thoughts and words and actions. As Oswald Chambers said, “One step forward in obedience is worth years of study about it.”

 

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord Jesus, I respond to Your invitation to follow You.

 

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Holy Spirit, help us to put what we learn into practise in our lives, so that we are actually following Jesus in all our thoughts and words and actions. AMEN

 

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

Matthew 5:1-16

 

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