Lately I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be follower. Adam was created to follow God and have communion with him, but after sin entered the world, things started changing quickly and after some years, man’s focus was taken away from the ONE whom he was supposed to follow.
If you have noticed, people have a tendency to imitate the ones they follow. For example, if you look at children, you will notice that they often imitate their favorite movie or cartoon character, or they imitate their favorite, actor, singer, or athlete. Adults are pretty much the same way; they imitate the ones whom they follow. The Bible indicates that this world belongs to Satan and those who follow this world are actually imitating Satan.
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. (Ephesians 2:1-2)
God wants us to imitate him in everything that we do and be his followers.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. (Ephesians 5:1-2)
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
How much of a more beautiful the world would be if we imitated Jesus and lived like him. At some point in our lives we have to examine our hearts and see who it is that we truly follow.
