With all my friends and family who are working on moving, this illustration came to mind:
In the sermon, "Bike Riding, Bartering, and Baking Cookies", by Banning Liebscher, he talks about being chosen. He says that God chooses people to be leaders and to stand for Christ in every generation. Banning talks about his desire to be chosen by God. He would pray and plead; he wanted to be one of the Lord's chosen.
He then cuts into an example. Moving is not fun. It's hard and a whole lot of work. So when you move, says Banning, you ask for help, and everyone is suspiciously busy when you need them. Only the chosen few will help.
How do you get chosen for Christ?
The same you get chosen to help move: you say yes.
Your friends will choose you to help them move, even if you have no talents or strengths or much of anything to offer. All you have to do is say yes.
When Jesus asks in Luke 9:23 for followers, He is giving us that chance to say yes. And by saying yes to Christ, we are chosen by Him to lead others in His ways.
Say yes.
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