I was reading in Mark chapter 2 today. I was reading about when Jesus was calling His disciples. I am amazed by these men. Jesus called and they left with him to follow after something that they did not have a direct knowledge of what was going to happen. They left their occupations that provided money for their families. They left their families and friends to follow Christ. These men did not have the words we have to read to see what happens in the "end".
This is amazing to me. We follow hard after things. We sign our children up for everything under the sun and then follow them to the point that we run our bodies down. We follow people on social media sites as if these people carry all of the information we will ever need. We follow celebrities just so we can feel like we are a part of their lives, but how hard to we follow after Christ? Oh, I am so guilty of following everything else, but not Jesus. If Jesus was still physically here and He had a Facebook account, Instagram, Twitter, Snap Chat, or a blog, it would be a no brainer and we would follow Him, but Jesus as a human being, is not here with us. This does not mean that He is not here with us. He still lives in us. The Holy Spirit dwells with us. Jesus is one with the Holy Spirit. Jesus is closer to us than any one person in our life. We are able to follow Jesus through His words that he left with us. His Word is at our finger tips daily.
I challenge you to follow harder after Christ than you are following everything and everyone else.
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