When I lived in Bogota, Colombia, in South America I was involved with a ministry to street children. The center in the part of the city that reached out to the children directly off of the street was called “El Camino Real” – the real way.

            When I lived in Fissel, Senegal, in West Africa I worked with the Sereer people. The few Sereer Christians referred to Christianity as simply following the “Jesus Way.”

As we were leaving the field in Africa to return to America, a coworker said goodbye at the airport by thanking us for being “Jesus followers.”

 

When Jesus asked the disciples to follow him they left their nets immediately and followed him.

He wants us to follow him in everything he asks us to do.

 

Matthew 4:18-22 “As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from there, he saw two others brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.” NIV

 

Matthew 16:24-26 “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul. Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?’” NIV

 

By Joel and Tiffne Whitley    http://whitleybananaboat.blogspot.com/