FOLLOW FULLY
Luke 5:27-32

Whatever you cannot forsake for the sake of the Kingdom’s business, will forsake you from going for the sake of the Kingdom’s business. Going for the sake of the Kingdom’s business requires one to faithfully follow the Lord, Jesus Christ. After one of the miracles of Jesus, in His passing, “…saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” 28 So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. 29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.” (Luke 5:27-29) So many claim to be following Jesus, but very few are actually the followers of Jesus. Levi left everything and rose in following Jesus. Until all has been left behind, it will not be possible to rise and follow Him. By virtue of his leaving the past, and moving into a new beginning, the Bible recorded that Levi gave a great feast. Just like Levi, Elisha did the same thing when he answered God’s call through Elijah. At the time of the calling of Elisha, “…He left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” 21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.”” (1Kings 19:20-21) Elisha left all behind when he answered his call. In answering, Elisha demonstrated a total commitment of following by getting rid of everything that could have held him back. Elisha also used his oxen’s equipment as a boiler, to boil the slaughtered oxen. When you are leaving everything behind to follow Him, the heart will wholly follow Him. Any following that is short of following Him wholly will not get to the Promised Land. Remember Joshua and Caleb? After the ten other spies had given a bad report of the land, they went to spy Caleb and Joshua insisted on following the promise of God that the Land was good. The whole population rebelled and did not follow the word of God. As a result, God responded, “Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I am giving the land on which he walked, because he wholly followed the LORD.” (Deuteronomy 1:36) Follow Him fully, and you will arrive full and well to where
He is taking you.
Prayer for today: Father I pray that You will give me a different spirit to follow you fully, just like Caleb and Joshua.