Following Jesus!
(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")
he must deny himself and take up
his cross and follow ME!" Matthew 16:24
saw a tax collector by the name
of Levi sitting at his tax booth.
'Follow ME,' JESUS said to him;
and Levi got up, left everything
and followed HIM." Luke 5:27-28
YOU!" Mark 10:28
To follow CHRIST is to go where
HE leads, without questioning or
demurring. It may be to a life of trial,
suffering, or sacrifice--
but no matter; we have nothing
whatever to do with the kind of
life to which our LORD calls us.
Our only simple duty is to obey
and follow.
We know that JESUS will lead us
only in right paths, and that the way
HE takes slopes upward and ends
in eternal glory!
Each new day on which we are about
to enter is unopened, and we know
not what shall befall us; but if we
follow CHRIST, we need have no fear.
So let us leave the old day with
gratitude to GOD for its mercies,
with penitence for its failures and sins--
and let us enter the new day with
earnest resolve in CHRIST'S name
to make it the holiest and most
beautiful we have ever lived, as
we follow HIM.
know them, and they follow ME.
I give them eternal life, and they
will never perish--ever!
No one will snatch them out
of MY hand!" John 10:27-28
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