Stop, Drop, and Follow

Decisions, decisions. I've been having to makes alot of those lately.
Mainly, because as I'm getting older, I've got more put in front of me. Haha. Obviously.
But I'm not writing this blog for a certain age group.
Certainly not! This blog is for all ages, young or "old".(:

There are difficult decisions, and there are easy no-brainer decisions.
Either way, you want to make the RIGHT decision, yeah?
What if...you had an easy no-brainer decision, that was difficult, but the best decision you could ever make, all in one deal?
Just think about that for a second or two.

"As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'  But Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.'  He said to another person, 'Come, follow me.'  The man agreed, but he said, 'Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.'  But Jesus told him, 'Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.”  Another said, 'Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.'  But Jesus told him, 'Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.' " - Luke 9:57-62

There is a cost of following Jesus. . .

Just as Jesus paid our cost by dying on the cross for us.

But are you willing to pay the cost(s) God asks for?

Whether it's "leaving" the people we like to hang around with, stop doing something even if it makes us feel good, etc.

Are we truly willing to leave it all behind and follow Jesus?

Speaking for myself, it would be extremely difficult to do, but I would do it.

And I'd do it with a loving and trusting heart.

Lately, the things God has asked me to drop, are the things that are holding me back from getting closer to God. "Baggage". 

I want what my Creator wants for me, and I don't want what He doesn't want for me.

I don't want no one or thing to hold me back from the prize...

A pleased God.

"And as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus." 
 - Luke 5:11

"Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me and be my disciple,' Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him." - Luke 5:27-28

These scriptures inspire me to drop any baggage that's in my life, keeping me away from having a relationship that's on fire with God.

My encouragement for you today, tomorrow, and for the rest of your life is to stop what you're doing and take a good look at your life, drop whatever baggage you have, and follow the one and only Savior, Jesus Christ. 

(Please listen to the song I have on here "I Will Waste My Life" - Misty Edwards)


With ♥,
Ella