What does it mean to be a follower of Christ Jesus?
How can I be a follower of Jesus?
Is it that a follower of Jesus must be a Christian only?
A follower of Jesus must know Jesus personally and He must also know you personally. The real meaning of being a Christian is an intimate relationship with God as our creator and saviour. There are many that describe themselves as Christian, but they don’t have a relationship with God and they don’t know God personally.
Jesus wants followers that want to do His command from the Bible, Mark 8v34 “ And when He had called the people unto Him with his disciples also, He said unto them, Whosever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
The word of God means that whosever wants to follow Jesus must live like Jesus lived. We must deny our flesh (leave our flesh life). Actually if we have received Him as our saviour, we do not live our own life, because Jesus is alive in our life. He took control of our life. He has full authority in our life. Let God’s will be done in our life – not ours. Let us take up the cross – this means that we must be ready to face all the processes of purifying in our life until the last day of your life. All the processes are allowed by God so that we can purify our faith in God. Do all of God’s works in our life, and be a follower of Jesus faithfully, obeying Him until He calls you Home to heaven.
The saddest thing about many “Christians” who served God in church for many years, they don’t know truly know God personally, and truly know about His will. They served God for money, or for prestige, or for status as pastors or servants of God, or just for spending time for routine activities, or they do it only because of the request of the pastor, not from their heart. What a shame!!!! 😦
These things are useless to God, because our heart is not to serve God. Please read in Matthew 15v9-10 “ This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in Vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men”
In our heart we say that we are godly because we have done the work of God – to serve at church as a preacher, as a worship leader, musician, singer etc. We think that we are different to non-christian people, who have no purpose in their life, have no good attitude.
So, what is the purpose of our activity at church as servant of God if we have motivations like those are above ?
Are we fixed by being called a follower of Jesus ?
Do we know well who the God that we serve is?
Let the Holy Spirit help us to answer these in our hearts.
Look and pay attention to Jesus words in John 10v14-15 “I am the good shepherd , and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the father knoweth me, even so know I the father; and I lay down my life for the sheep”.
Many people say that they are godly because of the full of schedule to serve God at church. The other side is that they did that schedule as a routine. They don’t build up their relationship with God intimately everyday through meditating on the words of God, prayer, and worship.
Talking with God through prayer and meditating on His words mean that we are communicating with God, we are building our intimate relationship with Him. We are receiving the command from God, a job today that we must do to glorify God.
You can imagine that it is a freak if a warrior is never communicating with his leader.
Don’t be the lost sheep in the battle because you haven’t known your Shepherd well !!!!
Find out who is your God truly !!
Find out who is your Shepherd !!
And find out truly who you are !!
Jesus is our Shepherd !!
As John 10v27-28 says: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”
Hallelujah, God bless you 🙂
Nora Silalahi
Nora Silalahi 