Even If i Walk Alone

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Belief

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I heard a definition of belief as being “whatever you put your weight on to move forward.” For an elderly or disabled person that might be a walker or a cane. For someone who is injured, it’s perhaps a crutch. We believe these items will bear our weight and enable us to progress in the way we want to go. If we didn’t believe they could hold our weight—whether that was true or not—we’d be stuck where we are. Too afraid to trust the walking aid, we’d sit paralyzed and depend on the world to come to us.

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It’s the same with our spiritual and mental life. If we don’t believe something, we will not take any action on it. But all of us depend on something to get us out of bed in the morning, make plans, earn money, and live our lives. We all put our weight on someone or something.

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Believer or Follower?

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Laurie Cole makes a great distinction between Christians and disciples. The first is a believer, the latter a follower. I want to be a follower. I choose to be a follower. Indeed, there is no other way to become a disciple of Jesus. If you too want to be a disciple, you must choose to be one. This goes beyond mere belief. Anyone can believe in Christ. It takes but a moment, no effort, and need not have any demonstrable proof of our decision.

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Discipleship, on the other hand, takes a lifetime. It takes an extraordinary amount of effort and commitment on our part. There will be evidence of a dramatically changed life whose sole purpose becomes dramatically changing the lives of others. So, you must choose; will you be a believer or follower of Jesus?

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