I Will Make You…

on Feb 15 in Everyday Life, Faith, Third World

Jesus said…

Follow me, and I will make you:

* Successful.

* Theologically accurate.

* Politically influential.

* Healthy.

* Persuasive.

* Worthy of a mass Twitter following.

* Wealthy.

* Popular within the Christian subculture.

* A mega-church pastor.

* A nano-church pastor.

Even though we’d never admit to any of these core beliefs, I wonder if we ever wrestle with putting our own definition in the blank space after Jesus’ promise to make us __________.   I know I do.

He didn’t make any of those promises.  Instead, he simply said, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

When we follow Jesus, we start to look at the world, and figure out the best ways to introduce them to Him.

Not to our brand of Christianity.  Not to our beliefs about Obama.  Not even to our own church.

But to Jesus.

I gotta admit:  Every day of my life, I need to be reminded of that specific truth.