WHO ARE YOU FOLLOWING?
'Before the Benin-Ọrẹ highway was repaired to its current state, it was known for terrible traffic. I once got stuck there, we had already spent about five hours between Ore and Benin and had barely made any progress. Then we saw a Hilux take a detour, and our Agofure driver decided to follow. Soon, many other vehicles followed us, trusting that the Hilux driver knew a better route. We followed him for about 40 minutes deep into unfamiliar area. Suddenly, the Hilux turned into a farm driveway. The driver got down to open his farm gate. We were shocked. We asked him, "Oga, nor be shortcut to Benin be dis?" He replied, "No, na my farm I dey go." We asked why he didn’t signal or warn others, seeing how many vehicles were trailing him. He simply said, "I saw all of you, but it’s not my business where you are going." Ahhhhhhh! That day, na so kàsálà burst. Vehicles were stuck on the narrow bush path, struggling to turn back. It took us another two hours of frustration, confusion, and shouting before we could find our way back to the main road'.
The writer further asked, "Who are you following? Do you know where they are truly headed?" In the bible Jesus said to His disciples, “Don't worry about them! (the Pharisees). They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch.” (Matt.15:14 GNT). One of His followers, Thomas, asked Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how can we know the way?" He answered, "I am the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:5-6). Anyone who does not ask the Lord the way before embarking on a journey will most certainly fall into a ditch. Those who lost their patience on Ore/Benin Road and followed the wrong leader entered into the bush.
The writer further wrote, _"In life not everyone ahead of you knows the way to your destiny._ Hear the Lord again, "In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know”. (John 14:2-4). Follow Jesus! Not only does He know the way, He will take you to your God-given destiny on earth, and also to your final destination in heaven - eternal life!
Apostle Paul told the Corinthians, "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ" (1Cor. 11:1). He had gone the wrong way before until Christ found him and brought him to the true way - the way of truth and life. And to his disciple Timothy he says, "...The things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. In other words, When we have found the way, we must lead others also in the way of truth and life, not only by our words but also by our way of life in Christ. That is discipleship.
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