I've
been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a follower of Christ. I
recently read a book by the famous preacher C H Spurgeon who over a hundred
years ago had this to say about following Christ.
Brethren
remember, to keep close to Jesus Christ is right. It is in itself to keep close
to integrity, for the Lord Jesus never stepped out of the right path. He never
asks any of his followers to do anything which be a breach of the right, or
which will make them turn aside from uprightness. If we could put our feet down
exactly where his feet went down, even though we had to walk up to Calvary
itself, it would be our duty so to do, for his path was perfect rectitude, and
in him was no sin. We challenge heaven, with its omniscience, to detect a flaw
in him. We challenge hell, with its malice, to discover in him an aught that is
amiss. Lovers of the right and of the true, ask grace that you may be as he
was. You cannot be more eminent for virtue than he. You cannot serve your God
better. You cannot do better than keep close to every step that he has taken,
and, whether in life or in death, to follow him. It is right, then, because he
deserves it; it is right, again because in itself it is according to the
eternal rules of equity.
Some
things never change regardless of time. Jesus’ path was perfect may our desire
be to follow Him as closely as possible.
Follow
the Leader - Jesus, everyday. Amen?
