{"id":2052,"date":"2014-09-11T05:55:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T11:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2014-09-09T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:00:06","slug":"follow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"follow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, \u201cBob, why are you resisting me?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019m not resisting you!\u201d He said, \u201cYou gonna follow me?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019ve never thought about that before!\u201d He said, \u201cWhen you\u2019re not following me, you\u2019re resisting me.\u201d
\n– Bob Dylan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If we believe Jesus is \u2018the Way,\u2019 does it not make sense that he tells us to follow him? As King, he has authority to command us, but I think sometimes he beckons us as our Brother.<\/p>\n

“As I followed the Father, so I am inviting you to follow me. Do you think I was foolish to \u2018become nothing\u2019 to come to earth as a servant? No, I tell you that such a path led to incredible reward. And self denial will also bring you reward as you trust the Holy Spirit to lead.<\/p>\n

“My apostles did not like to hear me talk of the cross I was destined to carry, but they did not know of the joy that was set before me. They did not know of the victory ahead or the blessings others would receive as I followed my Father. Any cross you bear for my sake will also have purpose. Pick up your cross and follow me and you will understand my joy.”<\/p>\n

\u201cYour attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who being in the very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death \u2013 even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.\u201d Philippians 2:5-11<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.\u201d Hebrews 11:6<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.\u201d Hebrews 12:2<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.\u201d Mark 8:34<\/p>\n

Bob Dylan quote from \u2018The Shack\u2019 by William P. Young; Windblown Media; Los Angeles, California; \u00a92007; p. 231<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, \u201cBob, why are you resisting me?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019m not resisting you!\u201d He said, \u201cYou gonna follow me?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019ve never thought about that before!\u201d He said, \u201cWhen you\u2019re not following me, you\u2019re resisting me.\u201d – Bob Dylan If we believe Jesus is \u2018the Way,\u2019 does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}