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DAY 16
Follow Me
“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”
MATTHEW 16:24
Here is our Phrase for today – FOLLOW ME! Of course, I am not talking
about me, John – I am referring to Jesus and what He tells all people.
I think sometimes that Jesus has a lot of so-called followers today who are
more like Twitter or Instagram or Facebook followers. Those followers
know what someone says, and that is the extent of it. They don’t know
who that person really is. Sure they may know a little bit about that
person’s interests, but they don’t really know what drives that person, what
motivates that person.
It is how a lot of us are with Christ: “I am a follower of Jesus. . . . Did He
Post today?”
But following Christ is more than that. Jesus said to Matthew, “Follow
Me” (Matthew 9:9). Matthew wasn’t a believer at the time. He was a
tax collector working for Rome. Jesus walked up to him, looked at him,
and said, “Follow Me.” Matthew bolted up from that table and began to
follow Christ.
The phrase “Follow Me” could also be translated “Follow with Me”.
It doesn’t mean to follow behind me, or seek to go in my tracks, but
rather, walk beside me. In other words, Jesus is saying, “Let’s take a walk
together.”