Will you follow Jesus? Are you willing to lay down your life for His sake? To follow Him is more than just walking behind Him.To truly follow Christ, you must be willing to walk the same way, endure the same things, and suffer the same hardships.
Many say they want to follow Christ, yet they want to travel on the road of their choosing. But there is only one way to salvation, there is only one road that leads to where Jesus was going, and that road is a narrow road that leads upward. So prepare to be bumped by the many on the downward road, your feet will be stepped on, feelings will be hurt, your faith tried, and your commitment challenged. Jesus said if you will follow, Him you must deny yourself daily and take up your cross to follow,That means to lay down your life.Everyday you must place God's will before yours.Everyday you must be willing to lay down your life,lay down your wants, lay down your needs, lay down the lust and desires of your flesh, so that others might be saved, while trusting that God will make a way for you.
Peter didn't understand, that he wasn't ready to follow Jesus. See our spirit man is willing to do and go where the Lord leads us, but it is the weakness of our flesh and the strength that we sometimes allow it to have over us that causes us to deny Christ. Jesus said "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak".Are you ready and willing to follow the Savior?
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