followers of Jesus Christ

What are we called to do as followers of Jesus Christ?

Really just two things – 1) love the Lord your God and 2) love your neighbor

But what does that look like in our daily life?

1) Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth – our lives should reflect the love and affection that we have for our Heavenly Father - in praising Him, in honoring Him, in glorifying Him - by our desire to be in His presence and please the One who loved us first.
2) We must be willing to wait on the Lord – we live in a microwave world and waiting has become something we are just not good at – but all things are accomplished in His timing – not ours.
3) We are to be His witnesses to this world – as His witness it is His testimony that we are to be reflecting to the world around us – proclaiming the Gospel which is the greatest news man has ever heard or experienced.
4) We are to reflect His love and His grace and His mercy and His righteousness to all those around us – we all fall short of His glory therefore we must be His vessels that reflect His glory – not our own.
5) We are to share the reason for the hope that is within us to all who will listen – what good is your hope if you are not sharing it with others who do not have it ?
6) We are to stay true to our calling – He has gifted all of us with a calling (a ministry) and we need to obey and follow that calling, even in the small things – let us not be swept away with vain ambitions and prideful visions.
7) We are to make sure that we are the ‘vine’ and that Jesus is living through us – if we are not living in and through Him we are not fruitful and all of our efforts shall be as wood, hay and stubble.
8) We are to stand firm in His word - that means we need to be in His word, drawing ever closer to the One who created us, abiding by His truth
9) We are to shed off the wisdom of man – man’s wisdom has grown ever more insidious in the life of the body of Christ, without knowing God’s truth how will you know the difference and only God’s truth will set us free.
10) We are to be humble – true humility is a difficult thing for us in these times but we are called to it – humility is restoring God to His throne in our lives and focusing on worshipping Him not ourselves or others.
11) We are to have integrity – Godly integrity is only achieved when you are a living sacrifice, knowing where truth and honor are found.
12) We are to live a life that includes self-sacrifice and self-control – the actual practice in daily life of dying to self and living for Christ.
13) We must allow the Holy Spirit to lead in all matters – without the Holy Spirit filling us and leading us we may as well not get out of bed – for the works of the flesh are but dust.
14) We are to be a bond servant of Jesus Christ in every part of our life – the voluntary and willing submission of every part our lives to the Great Shepherd and His direction.
15) We must be actively exercising our faith in all aspects of our lives – faith without the accompanying works is dead, faith in action will be the natural occurrence of our submission to the will of Christ in our lives
16) And we must reflect the love of God to a lost and dying world – the ‘bottom line’ as we like to say in our day to our whole purpose on this earth – to share the love of God with all creation.