We and all people
are offered the same personal invitation of Christ as Matthew and others in the
Bible, “Follow me.” It isn’t possible for us to follow Jesus physically, but
his first followers only were able to do so at the very beginning of their
discipleship. Most of their lives were spent following Jesus spiritually, just
like we are invited to do. We feel the Holy Spirit moving within and among us.
Her love stirs our hearts, drawing us ever more deeply into our relationship
with Christ and each other. Just as Jesus promised, she teaches and guides us
to respond to the impressions she makes in our hearts and minds, constantly
inviting us – “wooing us to heaven,” as Philip Bliss wrote in his hymn,
“Wonderful Words of Life.”
The invitation to
Christian discipleship is not a one-and-done demand but a continuing attraction,
new and fresh every day. I hear the invitation of Jesus not like a command
but like the lyrics of John Denver’s love song with the same title,
“Follow Me.” Don’t you just want to take
Jesus’ hand?
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