Don't Wallow, FOLLOW!

Congratulations to all who choose to Follow instead of Wallow!

After service on Sunday, Sam Wylie shared a bit with me about when living on the plains he saw buffalo wallows that were a hundred years old, but the trails of the buffalo were long gone because they no longer walked the land. What an incredible analogy. So much truth in that!

Wallowing is easier, but Jesus did not call us to easy. He called us to make a move and Follow Him.

Injured people won’t follow because they can’t move. In John 5:7 the sick man said he had no man to put him in the pool. Injured people are like that. They want someone to do it for them. They can’t follow because it hurts too much to move. GOOD NEWS...We can receive healing for all of our spiritual and emotional injuries that cause us to wallow.

Comfortable people don’t follow because they can’t move. In Luke 18:18-23 the ruler had a lot of possessions and could not follow. Don’t get me wrong, millions of people love Jesus and believe in the gospel AS LONG AS THEY BENEFIT FROM IT. Millions more love Jesus and believe in the gospel AS LONG AS THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE CASUALLY AND CONVENIENTLY, but very few love Jesus and believe in the gospel enough to GIVE EVERYTHING INTO FOLLOWING CHRIST and stepping out of their comfort zone. They usually have the same reaction as the rich guy in scripture... and walk away sad. GOOD NEWS...We can get glad in the same pants we got sad in and allow Jesus to mess up our whole lives and plan!

Cold people don’t follow because they can’t move. Matthew 24:12 speaks of a people whose heart and love “waxed” cold. Wax only flows when it is touched by a flame. Blow the flame out and it becomes hard and brittle. GOOD NEWS...Jesus can baptize us with the Holy Ghost and fire and we can have a constant flow in our lives!

Scared people don’t follow because they can’t move; or at least can't move in the right direction that is. 1 John 4:18 says there is no fear in love. Fear will either paralyze us or cause us to run crazy in the wrong direction. Fear is an enemy of the move. People are afraid to let go, afraid of being rejected, afraid, afraid, afraid. That is why most people like the wallow...It is safe there for the most part. GOOD NEWS...Pperfect love cast out fear. You do not have to be afraid to follow Christ! His love will zap it out of you.

These are four of the seven things I shared Sunday in our MAKE A MOVE series. Seven "Enemies of The Move" is available to download and listen to if you missed the service.

Please do not forget that this Sunday we will be honoring Carlos Denton and his service to the body of Christ. We will do this at the beginning of the 2nd service. If you attend the first service and would like to be part of honoring Carlos you will only have to stay for a brief portion of the first service to do so.

In keeping the main thing the main thing, we can not help but to be about the ships. Godly LeaderSHIP that is passionately involved in DiscipleSHIP will produce RelationSHIP that will enable us to experience FellowSHIP that will continually lead us to the ChampionSHIP of Christ.

A huge shift in focus, resources and vision is happening at Faith Bible Church and it is with Jesus as the center and at the center of all we do.

Have a great week in Jesus name!

-Pastor Randall