It’s such a simple command, yet it is all we have to do in order
to become saints. “Follow me” Jesus
says. All of Christianity comes down to
this: follow Jesus.
It is so simple, yet so confusing at the same time. Follow Jesus where? Follow Jesus when? Am I already following Jesus? Or am I walking down my own path? Will He let me know if I’m not following Him? Who or what do I have to leave to follow Him? So often we can find ourselves asking God
these questions in prayer but He never seems to provide us with the answers.
But that’s what truly tests our faith: whether we are willing to
follow Jesus without having these questions answered for us.
In John’s Gospel (John 1:43-51), Phillip doesn’t seek Jesus out
and ask Him a bunch of questions.
Instead, Jesus comes to Phillip. The
Gospel says, “Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he found Phillip.” I know it sounds crazy but try inserting your
own name and location into this story.
For example, “Jesus decided to go to Stockton, and he found Steve.” Just as Jesus found Phillip, so also will
Jesus find you and me, and He will call us to follow Him. Phillip’s response is to tell Nathanael, who
immediately upon hearing Phillip speak of Jesus, questions him.
I think our challenge today is to open ourselves to Jesus; to
stop asking the questions and seeking the answer like Nathanael does, and to
let Jesus find us where we are—at home, in our workplace, in church, wherever
we may be, whatever our state in life is—and to follow Him. Jesus will come to meet us like He does
Phillip and Nathanael, often in ways we do not expect, and will call us to
follow Him. Will our response be to
question Jesus when He does call, or will it be to have faith and to just go
where He leads?
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