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A Follower of Christ
  
Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in
churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble
if you try and let him out.

-- G. A. Studdert Kennedy


A Christian……..a follower of Christ……how do you follow Christ? How do you love Christ? Whose will………His will? How do you hear Him when He speaks? Do you hear Him? Do you listen?

Which are you…….one like the woman caught in adultery……..or the prideful scorner hurling stones?

Are you like the humble tax collector who comes before God admitting your brokenness……….or are you like the Pharisee…..better than the broken one?

Are you saved? You know the beginning…….you know the ending…….but what comes between?

What does this mean?
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

What does it mean to you?

I have to admit, there is nothing easy in being a follower of Christ. It’s easy being saved, easy reading the Bible, going to church, praying but when it comes to actually living our belief and faith……we fail miserably.

Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I have taken these two verses to heart in a big way. Because being a follower of Christ is sometimes burdensome. Giving up your desires for His desires, asking for His will in your life as opposed to your own….this is not an easy thing. But He equips us, and gives us the strength we need to walk the walk with Him.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When you ask God to create in you a clean heart…….it means sometimes He has to break you down, bring you to your knees……..and it hurts! Coming face to face with God with all your brokenness has got to be one of the most painful things you will ever do….but I can tell you from the depth of my heart that it is the most spirit refreshing thing you will ever do!

The closer you draw to God, the lonlier you feel as a Christian. There is nothing sadder than talking with a fellow believer about the wonders of the Holy Spirit, the amazing grace of God, and they look at you with glazed eyes. I know this because I too once stood with glazed eyes, just “not getting it”. When I talk about listening to His Word while I sleep, or listening to His Word on my IPOD as I walk, other Christians look at me as though I am whacko!

Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

What does that verse mean to you? It means exactly what it says to me.

And if we are mocked for loving God this way……….who is being mocked……is it me………is it God’s work in me……..is it God Himself?

Mt. 11:15
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THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE LITTLE PEBBLE Aug 24, 2008 7:56 pm
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I was listening to a song today, and it was praising this magnificent God of the universe. This beautiful, amazing, wonderful God who created the heavens....formed the earth from a shapeless mass into a work of art. He created seasons, and mountains and oceans and trees and life and......well I could go on and on and never be able to stop......

But it hit me suddenly that this same God who created all this.........LOVES ME! I am just a little pebble in the grand scheme of things, yet He comes down daily, into my circumstances and He enters into a PERSONAL relationship with me!! WOW!!!

When I call out to Him, He isn't too busy and impersonal to want to bother with me. No.....He stops what He is doing just to minister to me!

I am sitting here, crying my eyes out as I write this coz I am so overwhelmed at His love and mercy.

Everything I do MATTERS to Him. He sees my tears when I cry, He holds my hand when I am hurting, and He celebrates with me when I am happy.

He will never ever ignore me. I don't ever have to worry that He will tire of me, or get so angry at the things I do, that He refuses to talk to me. He is just always there, loving me, teaching me, encouraging me.

Who can fathom this kind of love?

But then who can fathom a mighty God, leaving His comfort seat in heaven, to humble Himself as a man.....so we can know that He understands it all.....coz He has been right where we are!

What a wonderful Saviour!
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