“You Follow Me!”

Michael E. Wood

January 23, 2013

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him. Matthew 2:13

“God has more than one way of preserving his people. This wonderful method of preserving the Son of God in the flight to Egypt teaches us it is improper to prescribe to God a fixed plan of action. Let us permit him to advance our salvation by a diversity of methods and not refuse to be humbled, so that he may more abundantly display his glory. Above all, let us not avoid the cross of suffering, by which the Son of God himself was trained from his earliest infancy.” John Calvin*

Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” John 21:22

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Romans 11:33

There are times that God may lead
In ways that do not seem
To be the path that others walk
For souls of men to glean.

But when the time for choosing comes
Tis best you hear the voice
Of Him who said, ‘You Follow Me!”
Make me your one true choice.

For other sheep I have which will
Be part of one true fold,
With every joint essential
In the body that I mold.

* Quote from, 365 days with Calvin, Selected and Edited by Dr. Joel Beeke-(June 7- Obeying Unexpected Orders)