TODAY’S WORD FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2015.
FOLLOW
To accept as a guide or a leader; to accept the authority of; to imitate or copy; to pursue or go after; to conform or to comply with.
Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. Exodus 23:2.
The Lord said to Moses, speak to the Israelites and say to them; I am the Lord your God. You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan where I am bring you. Do not follow their practices. Leviticus 18:1.
Follow means to accept someone as a guide or a leader and to do as they do. People can choose to follow many types of leaders, some are good and others are bad. People are easily swayed by what others think and by peer pressure and then make the mistake of following the crowd. When one makes a choice to follow the crowd in most cases it is a dangerous decision. Just because everyone is doing something doesn’t make it right. When one follows the crowd they do as others do and begin to think and act as others do. In order to be obedient to God we must be committed to following God’s standards of what is right and wrong.
God called Moses to the top of Mount Sinai and gave him the Ten Commandments. God instructed Moses to teach the Israelites to live by these commandments. God also gave Moses instructions in addition to the Ten Commandments. One of God’s instructions to Moses was: “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong” (verse above).
Even though Moses spoke these words about 1445 B.C. they are still to be applied to us today. God’s commandments never change. In order to obey God, we will more often than not, have to stand alone.
In John 12:26, Jesus said that whoever serves Him must follow Him. Many adults, parents and children today succumb to peer pressure and follow the crowd because they do not want to be considered the odd person.
The school age years are difficult for children because there is so much peer pressure to be like everyone else so they will be accepted. Parents have the responsibility to teach their children not to follow the crowd but to stand firm on God’s principles of right and wrong even if it means standing all alone. Also, the pressure is on parents because children look to their parents to see if they follow their crowd.
When Jesus chose His disciples He clearly said to each of them in Matthew 4:19 to “Come, follow Me.” When we follow Jesus we must follow Him completely, not just on Sunday or when you go to a church function.
In Matthew 22:37 Jesus gave us a commandment: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Are you following Jesus completely and wholeheartedly or just when it is convenient for you?
Our memory verse for this week is found in James 4:7.
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Keep me from desiring to follow the crowd and help me to follow You completely and wholeheartedly. Help me to live my life so that I am an example to my family and all those who surround me as one who follows You and not the crowd.
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