I had the opportunity to spend the week at a cabin with my family and it was a blast! Our 18 month old became obsessed with boats and he ran around the entire week yelling out "boat, boat, boat" every time he saw one cruising across the lake! One morning in an attempt to get him away from causing trouble (a common occurrence) I had him come over by me and look out the window of our cabin to look for boats. The cabin was about 5 yards from the water and right out from our windows were several boat lifts with boats in them so I figured the search for a "boat" would be successful! However, as he looked out the window he lifted up his hands in the air to say, "where are the boats" even though three boats were literally right in front of him. A few minutes later he spotted a boat going across the lake and erupted in shouts of "boat, boat, boat." For Ty a boat was not a boat unless it was doing what a boat was created to do! If the boat was not out on the water driving around the lake in his mind it was not a boat.
The same is true of Jesus followers. A Jesus follower is not a Jesus follower unless they are... following Jesus. So the question we all need to be asking ourselves is this, "are we doing what we have been born again to do?" Are we following Jesus, because if claim to follow Jesus, but aren't following him, we really aren't followers of Jesus. So take some time and ask God to reveal to you if you are following Jesus or not. Are you following Jesus in your work? As a parent? As a student? As a husband or wife? As a neighbor? As a friend? That is what God has created you to do and that is what God through His spirit will empower you to do! When people see us, what do they see? I hope they see someone following Jesus!
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