Follow me......

Have you ever played follow the leader? You know how it goes you have a leader and where ever he goes you are supposed to follow him no matter how treacherous (or silly) the terrain. When children play this game it is innocent enough, if they are in the house playing you may travel over a laundry basket, under a bed or on top of a parent. As teens it gets a little more tricky. We follow the trends/fashions of the day, follow each other to the movies, to the mall etc,etc. Really whether we want to admit it or not even as adults we do this. Think not? Come to the great state of KY during basketball season when a UK game is on and tell me that people are not following everything that a group of young people. Go to Tuscaloosa, AL during the fall of the year and tell me those folks are not following someone or a group of someones every Saturday. What about you? Right now you are following someone, something or at the very least an ideal. The question is not are you following but, it should be "Who am I following?" Are you following after the material wealth and gain of the world? Eventually all the material we have will decay and rot away, then what? What about fame and notoriety? Fame is fleeting and people are so fickle that one minute you are the greatest among men and then the next minute you are spat upon and mocked. The only way you can have true happiness and satisfaction is in following after Christ. Do you hear the words of our Lord Saviour calling out to you lost friend? Do you hear him saying, "Come unto me all ye that are burdened and heavy laden and I will give you rest."? Do you hear him calling to you dear saint of God as he says, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." ? My prayer is that not only we hear our Lord and Saviour calling but, that we hearken to his call, what ever that may be on our lives.