And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. … And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
(Luke 9:59, 61 KJV)
Why do we not blindly follow God with no questions asked? We see here in two verses that Jesus told two people to follow Him. They both wanted take care of other things before they would. One man wanted to bury his father and the other wanted to say goodbye to his family and friends. Is God so cruel that He would not care for the little things? No. The point here is that He wants us to follow Him with no reservations…no questions asked…just go!
Last night I was walking my dog late at night, because it’s my job to do so. Unfortunately, we are in the midst of a serious drought and my yard is extremely cracked. I have a big dog. He’s a boxer that weighs about 78 lbs. When we walk together I try and steer him around the cracks that would allow his paws to fall in and cause him harm. When he walks with me and he follows my direction everything is fine. When he tries to pursue his own path and pull away he steps in the cracks and stumbles every time. He does this only to realize that the path I’m leading is a path of safety…he then resumes following me again. You would think that he would learn that my path is safe, but he does not. Every day he must stumble before he follows me.You see, that is the way we are as Christians. We know that if we just follow God’s path for our lives with no questions asked we will be led safely through life.
…he leadeth me beside the still waters.
(Psalms 23:2 KJV)
But like my boxer it takes us stumbling every time for us to realize that God’s path is the only safe passage. God will not lead us into the rough waters. He will lead us through the still waters…the waters that will not pull us down and cause us to drown! Like my dog…He will not lead us on the path that will cause us harm! All we have to do is FOLLOW HIM! No questions asked…no putting it off…no saying, “ok, but.” Eliminate the “buts” from our commitments. He says, “Follow me” we say, “Yes, Lord!”
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Product DescriptionUnlike the negative but well-known precepts of the Old Testament--the Ten Commandments--the commands of Jesus are postitive and relatively overlooked, despite their superb relevance to the challenges people face today. In Come, Follow Me: The Commandments of Jesus, Anthony J. Gittins helps the reader hear Christ's message and live it in everyday life. Gittins explores some of the positive and specific things that Jesus would have the reader do to follow him.
