Key Element for Thriving Relationships-Follow Jesus Rather Than The Crowd
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is to follow Jesus rather than the crowd.
Exodus 23:2 instructs us with these words, “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.”
Peer pressure can lead us into trouble if the crowd is bent on doing what is wrong. William Penn once said, “Right is right even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.” While it can be so easy to follow the crowd, Jesus has another message for us, “Follow me.”
As we do this consistently, day-by-day, step-by-step, His grace and truth will be the influence that guides our pathway forward to a fruitful faith. The disciples are an example of this: They spent time with Jesus. Then, after they were taught and trained, they preached the Gospel and persuaded many in the crowd to put their faith in Jesus.
Following Jesus rather than the crowd is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com