Jeff„s Bible Toolbox

It is difficult for us to understand followership today. To us, royalty is something we put on the back of our currency, it is only a figurehead - a symbol with no power to follow through. And as a democracy if we do not like our present rulers we just vote them out in the next election. But Jesus is not calling us to wear Him as a cross around our neck, a symbol that sometimes never touches the heart protected by the skin between the two. No, He wants to be more than a symbol but the guiding light that steers our path through this rocky way called life. He wants us to imitate and learn from Him, to walk in His steps. He wants to be the Lord of our life, the first concern of all our decisions and affections.

Neither does He want to be the kind of king we can vote out when He no longer serves our purpose. It is strange that some come forward to give their life for Christ and then walk away shortly after. In this day and age where we go to the store and buy something and take it back I fear that is how we treat Christ. We simply try Him out and then when hard times come we give up. No, Jesus is and wants us to recognize that He is King no matter how we feel and what we might go through. It is from that position we will find His help through our problems.

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