08/02/2023 – See yourself following Messiah, walking with him and leaving your past behind. It’s time to un-follow our sins today.
Disciples And Unfollowers
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
You say you follow the Lord. But to follow the Lord also means to not follow. When Messiah called the disciples, He called them first to stop following what they were doing before. “Drop your net,” wasn’t about nets, but a different way of life. Matthew stopped being a tax collector. You have to stop following something in order to follow Him. So if you’re the Lord’s disciple, then you have to also become an un-follower. You can’t serve two masters. You need to stop following what you’ve been following your whole life. As you follow Messiah, He gives you the power to un-follow the voice of temptation, the voice of the flesh, the voice of anger, the voice of lust or the voice of addiction. You don’t have to follow it. You’re an un-follower now. You don’t have to follow the past, the world, the television, the internet. You don’t have to follow them anymore. You have the power to drop your nets and make a clean break. Because the Lord has not only given you the privilege of being a follower, but the power of being an un-follower.
From Message #520 – The Magnificent Seven
Scripture: Mark 10:21
TODAY’S MISSION – It’s time to un-follow your sins today. See yourself following Messiah, walking with Him and leaving your past behind.
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“Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’ At this, the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.” Mark 10:21 – 22
Take note:
Try to find other instance where Jesus looked at a stranger, and the Bible says: “he loved him”. Consider: Jesus too was the rich young ruler who gave up everything to come down from heaven to save us. Bishop Fulton Sheen wrote years ago that: “it would be akin to a man entering a dog’s body.”
Jesus was not telling us to give away all our earthly possessions before we follow him. For the rich young ruler, his riches were a stronghold. How do you identify a stronghold?: “Yes, Jesus I will follow you but …” Whatever follows the “but”, is a stronghold.
Jesus did not call the rich young ruler back. Other religions might say: “That extreme is for our fanatics, our ‘elite’, but you don’t have to do that.”
There is a very apt saying: “I gave up all that I could not keep for all that I ever needed that I will never lose, as in ‘forever’. As Jesus said: “What if you gain the whole world, and lose your soul in the process.”
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Soli Deo Gloria!