What Does It Mean to REALLY Follow Jesus?

Feb 05

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A friend posted a link to a blog post entitled What Does It Mean to REALLY Follow Jesus?, and that is a profoundly good question. I think the author, who is a pastor of one of the “mega churches” in the United States, makes some very good points. It is definitely worth a read, and the time to consider.

I’ve talked about obedience on here in the past, and I think that is the biggest issue, and one that I struggle with as well. Are we going to conform ourselves to the Jesus of the Bible, or try to conform our idea of Jesus to suit ourselves? Sadly, I think for most Christians it’s the latter. But it shouldn’t be this way. As Christians, particularly in North America, we’re always looking for the finances, the life of ease, a God who gives us stuff when He asks us to give it all to Him instead. God never promised us an easy life… what He promised was that He would never abandon us, never forsake us. He promised that if we were obedient to Him, He would put our feet on a sure foundation so that when the storms of life hit us (not if, not that if we were obedient that they wouldn’t), we wouldn’t be blown away, that we would stand firm in His embrace. He promised to walk with us, not to give us “stuff”.

This is a challenging article and well worth the read. I highly encourage you to take some time to read it and then examine your own heart, and challenge yourself about what it really means to follow Jesus, to be a servant of our King, to really love and worship Jesus, and make of ourselves living sacrifices that honour and glorify His Name.