Come, Follow Me

Pause & Reflect

Jesus' invitation is wonderfully simple: “Come after me.” But simple does not mean insignificant. The disciples left familiar patterns to follow Him. Christianity therefore isn't merely believing certain things about Jesus while continuing to live entirely on our own terms. Jesus calls disciples. A disciple learns from the Master, adopts His ways and follows where He leads. Sometimes following Jesus will confirm choices you already wanted to make. Other times His teaching will challenge your preferences, ambitions or assumptions. That is where discipleship becomes real. We cannot say, “Jesus, I will follow You wherever You lead—as long as You lead where I have already decided to go.” Following requires surrender. And it happens one step at a time. You don't need to know everything Jesus will ask of you over the next twenty years. You need to answer His invitation today.