"Come follow Me." Jesus

John 1

I love the picture in John 1 where you see people so hungry for the Messiah, the Savior because it brings them to the greatest decision they will ever make and it’s an opportunity to see the Holy Spirit of God work in their lives. Very quickly you see two camps, those who choose to believe and those who don’t but even those who were ready to believe required God’s touch and confirmation. For John saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove and resting on Jesus, for Nathanael it was the moment Jesus told him what he was doing before Philip came and got him, for John’s two disciples it was their teacher’s simple words, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” The same is true for us, our souls were parched and dry and we were thirsty, our hearts were heavy and in need of rest, our minds had come to a dead end road not knowing what to do. All these things happened so that we might recognize our own need for a Savior, the Messiah! Once we heard of Jesus we only needed confirmation from God, through His Holy Spirit. Many come to this place yet cannot believe but others do. The longer I follow Jesus the more I know this is where I belong, notice I didn’t say it became easier but my determination has increased expeditiously and my soul longs for more of Him consistently through the good and the bad, through times of plenty and times of want. Paul said in (Romans 8:38 NLT) “And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love.” And that is why we follow Him.