‘Follow Me’

‘Follow Me’

This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”

John 21:19

Christ had dealt with the issue that had strained His relationship with Peter. He had told Peter what his future was. Now, before He would leave the subject entirely, Christ gave a simple command to Peter. He said, ‘Follow me.’ What a limitless volume of spirituality lies in these two words. They are as instructive for us as they were for him. ‘Follow me,’ and go about doing good. ‘Follow me,’ and love the unlovely. ‘Follow me,’ and give of yourself for the sake of others. ‘Follow me,’ and be despised and rejected of men. ‘Follow me,’ and leave steps of light on the dark paths, so that others may follow them to eternal rest. ‘Follow me,’ and make the City of God your home. ‘Follow me,’ and sit with the broken, weeping ones. ‘Follow me,’ and be gracious in the face of humiliation and oppression. ‘Follow me,’ and return love for hatred. ‘Follow me,’ and see the eternal prize beyond the temporal pain. ‘Follow me’ and lift up the fallen. ‘Follow me,’ and support the weak. ‘Follow me’ and comfort the brokenhearted. ‘Follow me’ and work while it is day, for the night comes when no man can work. ‘Follow me,’ for all your days, and when you have arrived at deaths’s dark door, look up, for I am waiting for you; and step across the river to the place where you have followed Me.

Our Gracious Master and Our God,
we rejoice that You have left us a clear path by which we may follow You.
We praise You, that throughout all the days of our life,
we may see You ahead of us, and follow You until we see You face to face

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning