Message from Scripture: 12/15/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today is Eph. 5:1-2: “Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children, and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.”

 

Do you remember the children's game, “follow the leader?” During the course of play, everyone was supposed to do what the leader was doing. Sometimes it got pretty silly following the leader, but after all, it was only a child's game, and that's what made it fun.

 

What would the results be if we played “spiritual follow the leader?” What I mean is, what would others say and do if they followed your example? What kind of life would they live if they lived like you do?  What would be their priority? Who, or what, would come first? What would the church be like if everyone acted just like you?

 

For example, where would they be, and what would they be doing, on the Lord’s Day? What about the good programs of work the church provides? Would they be involved in some way, doing the Lord's will, sowing the seed of the kingdom? Would they be helping others, encouraging others, and being encouraged? Or, would they have other things to do? Would television, or the internet, be too sacred, to spend time in prayer or Scripture reading? What do you do for the Lord?

 

Of course, “follow the leader” is only a game, a child's game, at that. But it would be interesting to see what others would do if they acted like we do. We each should ask ourselves, who is the leader we follow? “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord” (1 Pet. 3:15). Will you follow in the steps of Christ today, that He might welcome you when the time comes to enter the eternal? Let’s do what Jesus told Peter to do, to follow Jesus (John 21:19). Would we then lead others to Christ? God bless.

 

Robert