Cody the Breault.

Scripture

John 1:38

“Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them….”

Observation

Two of John’s disciple’s were with John when Jesus walked by, John said “Look, where is the Lamb of God! The two disciples, as scripture says, “followed Jesus”. While following, Jesus turns around and asked them what they wanted. Obviously John must have talked to his disciples if they knew who he was when he walked by. They dropped everything and left with him. While walking with Jesus, he turns around and asks them what they wanted. At first I really thought Jesus was being rude .. “WHAT DO YOU WANT?” but then I realized… Just following Christ is not enough, we have to follow him for the right reasons. If we were to follow Christ for our own purposes, that would be asking him to follow us — so we can advance our motives. By following him completely for HIM, we can seek glory for Him.

Application

Sometimes I think I’m just following Christ for the wrong reason.. Sometimes I feel like I’m just following Christ to.. Follow Christ. Sometimes it seems like I have no original thoughts and am using people’s thoughts that they’ve said before. When someone asks me about Christ I sometimes stutter and don’t know what to say. I’m really interested in reading John over again to see what kind of ideas spring forth. I plan to apply this to my life by being able to talk about God more fluently and feel like I know what I’m saying… Follow Jesus for the right reasons.

Prayer

Lord I pray that you can show me how to follow you for a cause, for when the time comes to speak through me so I’m clear and concise and not a jittery bumble mouthed baboon.