Jesus wants us to follow him!!!

Good morning everyone!! Good morning God!! What a great day to begin in Jesus!!!!!! Let's continue to visit about Jesus wanting us to follow him.

"...One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14) Let's continue with J. David Hoke's thoughts.

Jesus calls us to follow Him. The Christian life is a commitment to do something as well as be something. The Christian life has been likened to a walk, a race, a fight. Those are all action terms.

When Jesus calls us, He calls us not simply to believe in Him intellectually, but to follow Him in the living of our lives. But it’s possible for a person to believe in Jesus intellectually like he believes in Napoleon or George Washington.

You can hold an intellectual belief without making a life commitment to it. But that is not biblical faith. Faith in Jesus means we put our trust in Him. We trust Him with our lives. As we commit ourselves to live for Him daily.

Paul said he was reaching forward to what lies ahead. The picture we have here is someone stretching forward, like a runner in a race, seeking to win, not merely to finish. But if we would win over the past, we must also be willing to aggressively stretch forward.


In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny