Follow the Leader....

For You are my Rock and my Fortress; and

for Your name's sake You lead me and guide me.

Psalm 31:3

So there is this absolutely cute, in a somewhat annoying kind of way, little boy at my work. At a mere 5-years-old, he is the youngest of the school-aged children. At the beginning of the summer, every time we asked the children to line up, he would ask, "Can I be the leader?" So, in order to never disappoint, we formed a line system and now the children always line up from shortest to tallest. Being the youngest, he is also the shortest, thus, ALWAYS the leader!

That said, this weekend I went home to the MOB and was able to go to Christ Fellowship Baptist, my home church. On Sunday, Dr. Lawson preached two AMAZING sermons about Christ's command "follow Me," from Mark 1:16-20. In this text, Jesus calls four of his disciples out of their fishing boats and promises to make them "fishers of men." He did the same for you and I when He called us out of darkness and into the Light. It was a call to leave behind everything that you know. You may not remember your exact call time and date, but if you claim to be a child of Christ, then you have been commanded to FOLLOW THE LEADER!

Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me;

let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling!

Psalm 43:3

We are called to be fishers of men and if we aren't fishing, then we aren't following! And to not be doing either of those two things is sin. It is disobedience! When I think about my job description in terms of "fisher of men," I can't help but be amazed at the amount of responsibility that God has bestowed upon me. He wants me, SARAH A HEWES, of all people, to, not only be in His company, but help Him find others and lead them to His cross, thus equipping them to now fish for more men! I feel so unworthy as is it to claim the name of Christ, much less help bring others to His throne.

So let's recap. Children always want to be the leader, but when you are a child of the King, you don't have that option. By partaking in the free gift of grace, you give up your right to ever be the leader again and you agree to be lead in Spirit and in Truth! There will never be a line system with Jesus. He will always be in front and we will always be following in His footsteps. I pray that I will hasten to follow His lead daily. Whether He leads me to Auburn, New York, California, Asia, the farthest corner of the earth, etc. Lord order my steps and quicken my heart to cry out "Wherever You lead, Lord I will go!" Jesus, You are the Source of my life and my Leader, You are my Sheperd and my Provider. I praise You and thank You that You know all the plans that You have for me. God is so good......... :)

And He said to all, “If anyone would come after Me, let him
deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
Luke 9:23

ps....i would strongly suggest that you take some time to listen to those sermons. You can hear them online at http://cfbcmobile.org/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=377&cpage_id=421&secure=&dlyear=2006&dlcat=Mark