Are you following me?

 

Are you following me?

The beauty of the English language is that you can get different meanings from the same words.

The phrase above can quite literally mean: Are you walking a few steps behind me everywhere I go?

Or it could mean: Do you understand what I am saying? Are you following the meaning of my discussion?

Or in Blog terms it could mean: Do you follow a Blog? Are you pinged every time there’s a new post?

Hey – I’ve just learnt something new. Apparently “pinging” is when the computer tells a reader that someone has added a new post to their Blog.

So those followers of this Blog get pinged every time I write here. (Sounds painful). So thanks to all of you for undergoing such pain every time I write! Thanks also to other readers whether you visit once in a while or regularly.

Back to the essence of today’s post.

What would it mean to you if I changed the opening sentence to: Are you following Jesus?

Are you (and I) physically daily in our lives following Jesus in everything that He said and has asked of us? Are we “In step with the Lord”?

Do we follow Jesus in that we understand Who He is, what He said, and what He came on earth to do?

Two thousand years after He walked this earth there is still confusion and controversy about Jesus. Who He is, and what He meant when He said what He said, and did what He did. Some still claim He was just a prophet, a teacher, a wise man or a healer. Many do not accept Him as the Son of God.

Do we really follow His meaning? Do we understand Him? Do we get pinged every time He speaks to us now, today, in this very day and age? For, make no mistakes about it, He does speak to us today – but perhaps not many are listening.

So there you have it: What does “Are you following Jesus?” really mean to you (and me)?

Now there’s a thought!