The Making Process (Following Jesus)
The major thing God desires to achieve when we follow Him is to be like Him. Matthew 4:19: “And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I wil l make you fishers of men”. So God knows you have flaws, weaknesses, bad habits and characters, He knows that there are loopholes in your life but He still said "follow me". Why? Because when you follow Him, He's going to refine you and cause you to be transformed. The process by which God carry out this plan is the next word in that scripture "I will make you".
It's this process while you follow that God uses to shape and reshape you. Such that even you will wonder at what you're becoming. The making process is eternal but it has phases. There are some things you find difficult to do, you struggle but no way. But the moment you surrender to Him and start to follow Him, He begin to work on those things in your life and you begin to see yourself doing those things easily. Look at what he did with Peter, a man that could not stand before a young girl to defend what he believes but in Acts 3, we saw this same coward rose up to multitudes of over 3000 and boldly declared his faith in Christ. This happened because Peter followed Him, and many others of His disciples except for Judas Iscariot. Though an acclaimed follower but he was far from Jesus. He was in the company of the disciples, always following Jesus about, he was even made an executive - The Treasurer. But he didn't submit his desires to Jesus. He was not interested in that process.
Look at the scriptures, every disciples of Jesus registered their weaknesses to Jesus. They revealed their lapses even Thomas the doubter made it known that he's a doubter and by that way he was helped but Judas did not. He followed Jesus as if all is well. What God is interested in among his followers is that they speak out their weaknesses and learn so that He can help them. He's not interested in your good sides per se but your "bad sides" so that you can be made into what He wants of you. The making process is never easy but if you follow through, you will be amazed at what He will make of you. Just submit and follow Him wholeheartedly. The making process is never easy but if you follow through, you will be amazed at what He will make of you. Just submit and follow Him wholeheartedly. Rehab the harlot followed Him and He made her the great grandma of Jesus. The woman at the well listened and gave Jesus a chance and He made her an Evangelist.
You must acknowledge that there are flaws in your life and you need to be refined. If you are good all round, then you don't need a making process. There's a mistake I see among young ministers or Christians. If God helped you and you were given a title or office to handled never never ever believe that it's because you have been made or you have arrived and by so doing you stop your making process. Understand that the position is part of the making process. The fact that rice is on fire does not mean the rice is fully cooked. In fact the rice being put on fire is the beginning of the cooking process of the rice. Also, realize that God is not making you into another person. For instance, if you are in ministry, know that when you begin to follow Jesus, He's not making you to become another Papa Adeboye or Another Selman. God will never make you into another man but into Himself. The goal is to be like Christ and not like Papa Adeboye. In as much as we follow and celebrate these people, let's also realize that Jesus is the standard.
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