Follow Jesus

Our verse for today comes from John 12:26, " Whoever serves Me must follow Me. My servants must be with Me everywhere I am. My Father will give honor to anyone who serves Me. "

As we seek Him today, is Jesus the One that you are following? Are you His servant, or would He call you something else?

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Welcome to Biblical Christian Worldview Weekday Devotions, authored by Rich Holt and read by Jeff Hillis. So let's get started. Follow Jesus. Our verse today comes from John 12.26. Whoever serves me must follow me. My servants must be with me everywhere I am. My Father will give honor to anyone who serves me. It's become common among Christian circles to hear people pray and say, It's not about us, it's all about you. We might hear this phrase invoked at the conclusion of a worship service during a Bible study or Sunday school class, or when a group of people head out to perform some service of ministry. It's a powerful thought that serves to set our minds on Almighty God and get them off of ourselves. God being the creator and we being the creation, he certainly doesn't need to be reminded that everything revolves around him. But we are much more easily deluded. So as I looked through the scriptures, I wanted to know if that popular catchphrase was actually in the Bible. And in the places that I looked, I couldn't find it. But what I did find were scriptures like the one we have today, verses that express all of that sentiment and then some in a very practical way. It may be easy for us to recite that it's all about God when the all is some intangible spiritual idea that dwells in our minds. But when we're worshiping in church or reading his word or with his people, it might be natural and expected that we would say everything is for God and His glory. But when Jesus puts his hands and his feet to our doctrine, when he tells me that I am his servant and I am to go wherever he goes, then my all tends to sound more like some. If we believe that his spirit is alive and real and moving on the earth, then we're supposed to be following it wherever it is. If we're not somewhere or ministering to some people, it's more likely that his spirit is not there, or that we are not following our master. It's truly all about Jesus. And that makes the doubt, the fear, the ill will, grudges, and selfishness that's in our hearts while we say it all the more heinous. His servants must be with him everywhere he is. And since we cannot see him, we must be listening. But is your heart able to hear? Are you following him so that you can serve him? Take a look at your it. Is it really all about Jesus? As we seek him today, is Jesus the one that you're following? Are you his servant, or would he call you something else? God bless you as you serve him today. Today's podcast article was brought to you by bcworldview.org, providing honest reporting and analysis on the intersection of contemporary issues and theology based on a biblical Christian worldview. May God bless you as you continue to walk through this life with our Savior and Lord.