I Will Follow Jesus

I have talked about how much I like my guild in World of Warcraft in the past, and even though I do not play WoW any longer, the guild still has been such an influence in my life. I have talked how they became like a family to me, been there when I need them, and gave me a place to rest and restore, even if through an avatar. The guilds, clans, or whatever a game may call them, are a very important part of the human nature.

We, as humans, want and need a leader to follow. Even if we are striving to be that leader, we still had to have a good leader to teach us how to be good followers, which enables us to be good leaders. This goes every where in our life. At work you have your boss, a good boss will bring the whole group together and accomplish much. In our towns, cities, states and up to the federal government, we want and need leaders who will do what is best for the people.

Here in the States, we elect representatives to make those choices to better our lives and our republic. Some confuse this with a democracy, but unless the people are the sole power, we should use the term republic. In a republic, we always have a scapegoat to blame. But back on point, this is a good point that we need and want a leader who will lead us and help better our lives.

In a guild like WoW's the leaders are rarely chosen by the guild, but we have the option to leave when we want, make our own, or just be a lone wolf in the game. But when you find a guild with a leader that thinks, and leads along the lines that you are think and want, a guild doesn't have to be large to have a strong group of people.

Last time I was online, my guild had over 400 people. Not the largest guild out there, but a good size, with a bunch of people playing the game differently, or maybe the same way as you want to. Most people settle in with a guild, even if its not ideal, for the perks of being in one or because it simply gives them a place to stay. Sometimes it gives them a bit of meaning in what they do.

I think if you take a look at people, this structure is what is deeply embedded in our minds. Scientists would say it is a left over remnant of when we were monkeys and we needed to survive in groups. I think it is something that God set in our minds, just as ancient and deeply embedded and also put there for our survival.

Since being in a group, with a strong, good leader in charge is so fundamentally natural in our minds, we put together governments and religions, villages and cities, so we aren't alone. Yet so many still feel so alone because the leaders they chose aren't accessible, or they can't relate to your plight because they have never been in your shoes.

But God gave us a leader, a mighty good leader, a strong leader, a leader who has been in our shoes, he can relate to anything we are dealing with, and came out the other side as a victor and most of all is the only savior there is. We find faults in our leaders we choose, and the fall, like all men do. But Jesus will never fall, is promises will be fulfilled, and we will never find a fault in him.

In Jesus, all of our comforts and needs or wants of a leader who will also protect our lives, is satisfied. He is our foundation and we can do anything as long as he is in control and we follow his lead. We do not need to fear, do not need to need, nor want, but be fulfilled in Jesus' love and guidance. With God as our leader, we wouldn't need borders, because we would all be brothers and sisters. we wouldn't need guns for defense because there would be no one to attack us. But sadly we aren't safe.

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We need our guns for the safety of our family and our lives, we need borders to keep those who would harm us out. We need defenses and weapons because our fellow man wants to kill us. They want to kill us, even if you don't believe in God. They want to force you into submission and have power over you, or they want you dead. Sadly, this also is the nature of humans. To harm those we see as weak and inferior. We are a terrible species. We have our bright moments, some very good people manage to come out of the darkness we created and love, but the heart of man is dark.

Christians, though far from being good, have looked into ourselves and we see we are dark, we see the hate in our hearts yet we long for a change. So we will line up with Jesus, though it will cost greatly, our reward is that much the better. Christians should strive to be more like Jesus every day. Filling our hearts with love and light, to push the hate and darkness away. We have a leader who has shown us it can be done. He did it himself, and yet it cost him is life, he came back and showed a dying world how great of a leader he is. How great a love he has for us all. How willing he is to end the darkness and hate for good. In time he will do it, and until either he comes back, or my life ends, I will follow the only leader I will ever bend my knee to, the only leader I will lower my eyes before. I will follow Jesus.