Following Jesus means that we move from a self-centered life to a Christ-centered life. Jesus’ first disciples started following Him with visions of glory for themselves in the new kingdom the Messiah would establish. After the cross and Pentecost, they begin to want Him to have the glory. When I crave the limelight I am not following the Light. When the Christian life ceases to be about Jesus and become about me and my agenda, I am no longer following Him. Examine your motives about service so that in all things Christ may be the reason that you do what you do.
“Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 4:11 (NASB)
