We all remember the game of our childhood, Follow the Leader. However, if you missed out (or have forgotten) here are the basics. You first choose a leader and have the other players line up behind them. The leader moves around, and the other players mimic their actions. Players who don't follow are out of the game. The last player standing becomes the new leader and the game starts again. Now, while one might consider this simply a child's game, the truth is we never really stop playing Follow the Leader . All humans have this innate part of our nature which seeks to follow someone; whether it's for validation, a sense of belonging or simply to find purpose. We are always seeking to align ourselves with others who we deem as being knowledgeable, influential or successful. When a person becomes a Christian, they are pledging their allegiance, not to a religion or to a church, but to a person...Jesus; the one who lived, died, and rose again. To be a Christian is to follow a leader, King Jesus. In part two of this series, look at another place Jesus went on a regular basis: To the lost and broken. The question we need to ask ourselves is simple, " Do we follow our leader to those places too? "
