Follow the Leader

Today a mama duck and 7 tiny ducklings were following in a row behind her and wasn't it all in God's plan that I should be driving down a rural road at that particular time, when they were crossing from one side of the irrigation canal to reach the other side. God knew that today my path would meet up with the path of the ducks which He created. God sent this mama duck and her ducklings to give me a message.

How does a mama duck teach her baby ducklings to stick together and follow along right behind her? What would happen if the ducklings didn't obey? If they didn't obey they surely would not be protected. Being "infants," the ducklings know to stick with their mama until they are bigger and better able to care for themselves.

I am an "infant" in my faith journey so to speak. God wants me to know that Jesus is my leader. I don't have much Biblical knowledge but God wants me to know that I will be safer and more confident if I follow Jesus.

I will still slip up and make mistakes, no doubt. The great thing is that no one is perfect. Only Jesus is. Being Christian doesn't ensure that I won't make any wrong choices and making mistakes in life can be a blessed learning experience and Jesus always forgives. All I have to do is repent and ask from my heart for His forgiveness.

Learning more from the Bible and getting to know Jesus better will help me in making the right decisions in life. And who is a better teacher or leader than Jesus!? He is the best and ONLY leader to follow!!

When Jesus saw the crowd around him he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." - Matthew 8:18,19