Follow God

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. – Ephesians 5.1-2

Be followers of God as dear children. That’s quite a challenge isn’t it? Our lives are to show Him to the world around us because there is no way for them to see Him except through our lives.

Many years ago in the US there was an anti-smoking ad. It showed a father and son together at home. When Dad cut the grass, the young son played with his toy lawnmower. When dad washed the car the little boy used a water gun to squirt the care. When the dad had a cold drink, the little guy had a cold drink. Then the dad picked up a pack of cigarettes and set it down – and the little guy reached over for it.

Though that is a very negative image of following it does show that young children learn from parents. They little boy followed what the dad did. We though, as children of God, ought always to follow His example. Only by following God can we show the world the way to our God.

There are plenty of distractions for us to follow. Most of them our not bad in and of themselves. We follow sports teams. We follow our career paths. We follow our families.

Then there are bad things to follow. We can follow our flesh and follow our desires and our lusts.

None of these things are the path we ought to follow if we are trying to lead people to our God. Our lives must honour our God so that they are drawn to Him. We say we are Christians but of we are not following Christ no one is going to see Him. We follow His example in love and holiness and righteousness and kindness and humility. We don’t pursue the ways of the world. Instead we seek to lean men to Jesus.

Where are you and I leading people today?