“Choose To Follow Daily”
By Zach Wood
Luke 9:23
“Then he said to them
all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross
daily and follow me.’”
The Apostle Peter makes a confession that Jesus Christ is
the true Son of God. Right after, Jesus
challenges each of the disciples and says that following Him is going to be
challenging and difficult. The one word
that stands out to me in this passage is “daily”. The choice to completely follow Christ is a
decision each of us makes every single day as soon as we begin our day.
We tend to wake up in the mornings with many things on our
minds. We have so many things to tend to
and places to go. We have our jobs,
families to take care of and various activities to get around to. Our daily lives are filled to the max these
days. No wonder we get so consumed with
what we need to get done and that our daily lives with Christ often get tucked
back into the corner of the day as it begins.
If we are really sincere and committed to a life of living
for Christ, we must completely surrender everything to Him and pick up our
cross to follow. We must surrender to
Him and allow Him to be in control of the day, leading and guiding us. However, most often, our schedules lead and
guide us. We take care of what we need
to do and often consult Christ’s guidance when we get into a situation that’s
problematic or dealing with people who are frustrating us.
If we are going to fully follow Christ, we must be committed
to a life daily lived through Him. This
is a life that should begin from the time we awake to the time we lay our heads
down to the pillow at night. It’s a
choice we make every single day. Are we
going to follow Him? Are we going to
obey Him? Are we going to let Him
completely lead?
To truly follow Christ means we completely deny ourselves of
what we want to do and let Christ lead us to what He wants us to do. He must be in the lead and we must carry our
cross. Too often we are comfortable and
barely carrying any cross because that’s the life that is most
comfortable. If we are to claim a life
lived in and through Christ, we must count the cost of truly following Him and
be willing to deny ourselves each day.
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