Follow Me

"When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!" "
~John 21:21-22 (English Standard Version)
How often I am like Peter looking towards others as to how my life shall be lived out rather than living the life that God has given me in the way He has shown me to live.  Sometimes it is hard to see friends moving forward in their lives while I'm seemingly standing still; or to see others living carefree while I feel as though I have the weight of the world on my shoulders.  Yet, in these times I should not be looking to them for how my life should be but to be walking in the way that He has shown me.  I do not know what is to come for other believers and I do not know what is to come in the future for myself but I know that I must obey Christ and He says, "You follow me!" 

Jesu, High and Holy

Jesu, High and holy,
Make my heart like Thine,
Humble, meek and lowly,
Full of love divine,
Keep me in Thy dwelling,
Pure and undefiled,
Every fear dispelling,
Let me be Thy child.

Thine alone for ever,
Saviour would I be;
Let not Satan sever
My young heart from Thee.
In Thine admonition
Daily may I grow
To Thy full fruition
While I live below.

Saviour, go beside me,
Never let me stray;
By Thy counsel guide me
All my pilgrim way.
Be my joy and treasure,
Grant me, Lord, to see
Truest peace and pleasure
Are in serving Thee.

~W. Robinson