--FOLLOWING WHERE HE LEADS~~

-"Then [Elisha] set
out to follow Elijah
and became his
servant." (1 Kings 19:21)

--AS A CHILD, I looked forward to our church's Sunday evening services. They were exciting. Sunday night often meant we got to hear from Missionaries and other guest speakers. Their messages inspired me because of their willingness to leave family and friends--and at times, homes, possessions, and careers--to go off to strange, unfamiliar, and sometimes dangerous places to serve God.

Like those missionaries, Elisha left many things behind to follow God (1 Kings 19:19-21). Before God called him into service through Elijah, we don't know much about Elisha--except that he was a farmer. When the prophet Elijah met him in the field where he was plowing, he threw his cloak over Elisha's shoulders (the symbol of his role as a prophet) and called him to follow. With only a request to kiss his mother and father goodbye, Elisha immediately sacrificed his oxen, burned his plowing equipment, said good-bye to his parents--and followed Elijah.

Though not many of us are called to leave family and friends behind to serve God as fulltime missionaries, God wants all of us to follow Him and to "live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to [us], just as God has called [us]" (1 Corinthians 7:17). As I've often experienced, serving God can be thrilling and challenging no matter where we are--even if we never leave home.~~

"Dear Lord, equip us to be Your missionaries wherever You have placed us--near or far, at home or abroad. Use us for Your glory, Lord Jesus. ~ amen~ "
--[Please click on link below to hear song and lyrics. Let's follow Jesus, and tell others of His saving grace. horray ]
--ODB/AK---"I Will Follow" / Chris Tomlin ~ --<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dP6xb4Z56Y>
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]