Follow Me

Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me!" John 21:19  

Peter would glorify God in his death—but he still struggled to glorify God day by day. Love Jesus—love His followers. Feed them spiritually and care for them. Could Peter do that? Not without Jesus’ help and encouragement. Can we? Not without Jesus’ help and encouragement. Just as Jesus was telling Peter—He is telling us the same thing. Follow Me. We can follow Jesus—we just need to do it. We need to take up His cross, our cross, daily just as Jesus told His disciples shortly after He fed the five thousand men. If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:23. Deny ourselves. In this “it’s all about me” society, that may be hard for some people to do. To put others’ needs before our own, and to consider others more important. That’s not how people see things. So often our eyes are blinded to the needs of others. We have to really stop and look to even see that there are people with unmet needs very close to us—not unmet “wants” but true unmet needs for food, clothing and shelter. Unmet spiritual needs. Everyone needs the Lord. What can you do to meet those needs today? 

RSVP:  Jesus has opened our eyes to the needs of others and the reality that we need to take up our cross and follow Him—daily. How will you respond to Him today? 

Prayer ~ Jesus, I choose to take up my cross and follow You. Show me how I can serve You by serving others.

© 2014 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.