The first step of a child of God is to follow Jesus.
The last step of a child of God is to follow Jesus.
Every intermediate step a decision to follow and not stray.
I worshiped this morning to this reminder from Kristene DiMarco to be resolute and decisive in ever one of our intermediate steps of faith. The lyrics of the song are:
by the things that, simply will fade before Your face Oh,
And I will follow You, I’m wrapped up in You, I belong to You
I was made for this, one thing is to see and to seek Your goodness
Take me by the hand and lead me
And I will follow You, I wrapped up in You, I belong to You
I have decided, and I have resolved in my heart
that I will go anywhere, anywhere just to see Your face
I have decided, and I have resolved in my heart
that I will go anywhere, anywhere, anywhere
just to see Your face
I will follow You, I wrapped up in You, I belong to You
Moments may come when I feel so afraid but
I rest in the promise you made that You will remain forever faithful and
I will follow You, I wrapped up in You, I belong to You
I belong to You
this will, these affections that are in me.
Neither do I have any right to this body or its members,
no right to this tongue, to these hands, feet, ears or eyes.
I have given myself clear away and
not retained anything of my own.”
― Jonathan Edwards