Follow Me: Personally
Follow Me Personally
For the month of February, we have looked at the life of Saul from conversion to complete surrender. In Saul/Paul, we get a beautiful picture of what it looks like to follow Jesus.
On February 1st, we looked at Saul’s road to Damascus encounter with Jesus. Remember, Saul was on this road fully devoted to serving God as he was seeking to destroy any blasphemy that others would teach. Saul was passionate and living as perfectly as he could under the law.
Then he met Jesus.
In this meeting, Saul came face to face with the fact that he had missed the Savior in his midst, all the while praying and pursuing God! He had become so focused on religion that he missed the Savior right before his eyes!
Saul was faced with a choice on the road to Damascus - Trust everything I have known or Trust Jesus!
Saul did not waver in his choice and from that moment on he lived a life fully devoted to Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
What about you? When Jesus invites you to come to him…to trust him as Lord and Savior…are you willing to let go of what you have grown accustomed to?
Like Saul on the Damascus road, many of us are extremely religious yet completely wrong—pouring our zeal, our rules, our church attendance, and our sincere efforts into a direction that never actually reaches Jesus.
That is why He says to every one of us, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it” (Luke 9:23-25).
The call is not “try harder” or “be better”; the call is “surrender.” It is the moment you stop trusting in what you can do for God and start trusting in what Jesus has already done for you.
Today Jesus is offering you the same rescue He gave Saul: not shame, but mercy; not a checklist, but a relationship. Will you let go of the life you’ve built, the identity you’ve earned, and the religion you’ve mastered—so you can truly follow Him? The call that changed everything for Saul is still echoing: “Follow Me.” Answer it personally, today.
