Disciples and Unfollowers

Disciples and Unfollowers…

You say you follow the Lord. But to follow the Lord also means to not follow. When Jesus called the disciples, He called them first to stop following what they were doing before. “Drop your net,” wasn’t about nets, but a different way of life. Matthew stopped being a tax collector.

You have to stop following something in order to follow Him. So if you’re the Lord’s disciple, then you have to also become an un-follower. You can’t serve two masters. You need to stop following what you’ve been following your whole life.

As you follow Jesus, He gives you the power to un-follow the voice of temptation, the voice of the flesh, the voice of anger, the voice of lust or the voice of addiction.

You don’t have to follow it. You’re an un-follower now. You don’t have to follow the past, the world, the television, the internet. You don’t have to follow them anymore. You have the power to drop your nets and make a clean break.

Because the Lord has not only given you the privilege of being a follower, but the power of being an un-follower.

Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Mark 10:21

It’s time to un-follow your sins today. See yourself following Jesus, walking with Him and leaving your past behind.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed