BBD 05.22.08 Follow Him
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05.22.08
Follow Him
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them
out of My hand. - John 10:27-28.
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who
follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." - John
8:12.
Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to
save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save
it." - Luke 9:23-24.
With the huge popularity of satellite navigational systems have come a few
problems. The problems result from some of the imperfections in the systems
including some minor details. Apparently, one of those minor details is
knowing the difference between a highway and a river! Most of us would
consider that to be an important thing to know. I think at least one taxi
driver in England would certainly agree with that. The taxi driver was
closely following the directions of the sat nav system and when directed to
turn into the River Nar followed those instructions. Thankfully, it is a
small river, and they were able to easily rescue the driver and a local
farmer using a tractor pulled the vehicle out of the river the next day.
Early in my adult life I had a lot of problems. I was very selfish, lazy,
easily became angered, kept making the wrong decisions which created
tensions in my marriage and there were other problems.. The biggest problem
that I had was that I was spiritually lost. My spiritual navigational system
was still uninstalled and inoperable. Because of that I kept running into
rivers full of problems, and at times it looked as though my life would
never find the right way.
Everything in my life began to change from the moment that I prayed to
receive Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. All my problems did not
immediately disappear; however, course corrections were being made. It took
a year and a half and great trauma in my marriage before I began to pray
regularly, faithfully every day. It took almost eight years before we were
in church on a regular basis. It took ten years before I was reading and
studying the Bible as I should. Along the way my problems began to disappear
from my life. Along the way I found that my problems were being replaced
with joy, peace, love, and meaning in life.
If your life is out of whack, out of synch, and you have all kinds of
problems there is only One who can lead you out of the mess. Only by
following Jesus can you find the right way for your life. Some of you have
known Jesus for many years but your life is still a mess. If that is your
situation, and you are sitting in the middle of a river of problems you need
to brush the dust off of your Bible and recheck the instructions. God has
the directions that you need for your life. So, what do you need to do? Here's
what Jesus says, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily, and follow Me."
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