If We Could Be More than a Believer

     I heard many people say that they believe that there is a God and a heaven. I wish that they were more than believers but also followers of Jesus. Our world can be a hard place to live and for some or even for the many who are working to survive their work can take up a lot of their time. Weary we have become that maybe all we can do is eat, sleep and work. I understand that we have so little time to spare and that we feel tired most of the time and that is why we let our worship of our God to fall short. However if we would take a good look around us, we can see our world is needing more than just believers it needs followers. It needs followers of Jesus Christ, people who have not let their hearts become so harden by the world.
     Our world is needing more followers who are living their lives by the teachings of Jesus and growing in numbers so to lessen the darkness that is upon our world. Our world is becoming more violent and people are losing their hope. We need the teachings of Jesus about his love, forgiveness, compassion and kindness. The world needs to hear about Jesus's sacrifice that took away our sins and gave us a hope to live in his kingdom. There is good tidings to the world for the Lord has come and will come again. We need his followers to bring us this good news of God's Kingdom.
     If we could be more than a believer, we would have a direction to go in and our mind and our heart would experience the joy of the Holy Spirit within. By becoming followers of Jesus, we would deepen our relationship with God and feel like we have a closer bond to him. We would feel more like praying to him and asking him for help and guidance. We need the hope that he gives so to feel that we do have a future upon this world. Evil is strong upon our world but God is stronger and he will one day cleanse our world from evil and bring us a lasting peace and happiness. Become more than a believer, become a follower and help other followers fight against the darkness that is within our world. Become strong in your faith and let the light of God guide your way.

John 8:12 "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
1 Peter 2:21 "For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps."
John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."