Have you ever asked yourself “why do you follow God?” Or “why do you do what you do for Him?”
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. – Jeremiah 9:12-13
A sister of mine in faith asked me that question. I was very thoughtful and had difficulty finding a concrete answer!
Then I started to analyze every area of my life with God and found a serious mistake, which I was making:
I was not looking for God for who He is. But for the things that I knew He could do or something that I wanted Him to do.
It saddened me. I knew it was not the right way to seek God.
The crowd
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. – João 6:26
The crowd had just witnessed the multiplication of bread and fish (John 6: 1-15). However, people were glad to have satisfied their hunger and not to have witnessed the miraculous signs that revealed Jesus’ authority and identity. Sated hunger was only a consequence of the miracle.
Likewise, a need met by God is not the most incredible of God’s actions in our lives. The most incredible thing is that He reveals who He is when He acts in us.
If the crowd had understood who He was, they would hardly have cared about the food. People would worship God and follow Jesus, with the intention of learning more.
The Disciples
Unlike the crowd, Jesus’ disciples were a great example of how to follow Jesus. Throughout their journey, they learned to seek Jesus in the right way.
They were surprised by Jesus’ teachings and decided to seek more of His wisdom. They understood that Jesus was not just a man who had the power to work miracles. But that He was the Son of God and needed to seek more from Him.
The comprehension of who Jesus was, led them to leave their families and everything they had to follow him. They were even persecuted and murdered, all for loving Jesus.
How about you?
I ask the same question again: why have you been following God? For the miracles that He can do? Because of the difficulties you are going through? Or for who He is and because you understand that you need Him?
Conclusion
We need to learn to seek God in the right way. He is worthy of our surrender and all of our devotion.
Think about it. And don’t let your life with God be based on searching for miracles and blessings!
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Thank you so much for that insightful information, I need God in my life
Why do I follow God? God is everything in this world every person place and thing including love and pain the two most important feelings in this world… I follow love and with that comes the rest of what the world gives me wether it be good or bad freewill gives us that choice to lead the path we want and wether we do choose the path of righteousness and grace or tge path of wickedness and sin God is still evident in all sk no matter the path I choose to follow God is always there so wether hes leading me or following me God will always be there… I choose to follow Love the Simplicity to live by those morals to walk with talk with treat others with live by Love… Remeber Love my beautiful people remeber the Simplicity of love from the beginning of time hiw to live life as God inteneded… Freedom From complicated words ways of living freedom from emotions that trap us freedom from actions that scar… Freedom from mental confusion on how to pursue happiness… Love Love Love. I LOVE YOU …
Well said. Thank you for sharing.
Without God we are nothing and in everything put Him first so He will lead your path
Indeed, we have to follow God for who He is, and not for what He can do. He is God, and no less. The provider and source of all knowledge we need to survive.
This was a great question and I realize I am following God for the right reasons. He has made me a better and more thoughtful person especially when it comes to treating others with respect and love. I truly want to be more like Him. Thank you Jesus!
Thanks dear Heavenly Father through the teachings of your words. I received more of it. Amen 🙏🏽💯Jesus
Thanks for your teaching of words and making me to learn and understand more of it. A man can’t move without your words
I won’t to join this group for more info
Thanks so much for reminding us to seek God not only when we are in trouble but in every moment of our lives. God bless.
I won’t lie, I think I follow Him because of His promises but now I know I need him more than ever in my life. Lord help me to follow you well. Amen.
I follow Jesus for what He has done for me.
Amen I follow Jesus because ever since I let him in I have become better making good choices and I realize that I need him daily to survive
I follow God the Father because he led me to God the Mother. The Heavenly Jerusalem is the bride in Revelation 22:17 that has the ability to give eternal life with our Heavenly Father. Come to the Spirit and the bride to receive the free gift of the water of life. Search the World Mission Society Church of God. God bless all those who hear the lamb’s voice.
Am having the same thoughts right now and al I can say is I get peace of mind even when I don’t get my desires met!
This is too true. I follow God because he is always there when I fall short. ALWAYS! I LOVE YOU GOD MORE THAN THIS WORLD MORE THAN FOOD MORE THAN GOLD MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!! GOD BE WITH US ALL!!!!🙏
I can’t express what I want to say why I follow God. I just know that, God is the only way in this life where you need to trust all His ways.
Because he’s my friend and savior and my father in Jesus Christ name Amen
Thank you for sharing this. I just pulled up at a breakfast restaurant and decided to read your post quickly before I went in. I wasn’t planning to cry in the car this morning haha, so thanks for that! Jeremiah 9: 12-14, speaks directly to my core. In this difficult season I’m in, those verses have appeared about 10 times and I cry each time I see them. They are what have gotten me through this tough journey I’m still in. They are reminders of the very question you posed – why do I seek God? God has been telling and showing me that he loves me. But life has really gotten me down and I often doubt how much he loves me as my circumstances often remind me otherwise. I admit, I had eagerly been waiting for that miracle or a blessing so huge I would know who it’s from, but that miracle or blessing never came. Several years ago I got baptized and told God I trusted him despite what was happening around me. This is a reminder that like that decision I made years ago, I need to love and trust God for who is and not for what he can give me. Thank you.
First of all I want to thank you for your insight. It’s exactly what the Holy Spirit wanted to reveal to me at this time. Do I need God? Absolutely! But the more I get to understand His love and grace, not just for me but everyone. The more I want God to be a part of my life. God bless.
Amen, Jay!
God bless you, dear friend : )
Such a mind opening question! Thank you Leo.
I’m learning about God through the Bible. I want to follow Him for Who He is 😃
Amen, Lucia!
God bless you : )
I follow God because he’s the only one worthy to patternize yourself with. God NEVER fails. He’s a GENUINE friend , he’s Alpha and Omega. He KNOWS YOU!! And he is FORGIVING, But he will chastise you with LOVE because he does Love us.
Amen, GwenAnn!!
God bless you, dear friend : )
I agree with everything you mentioned, now that is a perfect confession 😉
Because He is my rock! The creator is the only one who knows all and can do all. He has always saved me and He always will.
Amen!
God bless you, dear friend : )
I follow God because He is truly my father and has never led me astray. He shows me love on my brightest days and my darkest nights. He is my everything!
Amen, Tony!
God bless you, dear friend : )
Because I love God and believe in the Heavenly father. I believe in Jesus because he she’d his blood for us. I believe in the comforter that he left for us. Praise the Lord too the highest!
Amen, Nancy!
God bless you, dear friend : )
I trust in God
Amen : )
Amen
I seek God every day and look for guidance in my life I went through a lot in 2017 losing my mother and dealing with depression
Amen, brother!
Our condolences for your loss! We will be praying for you and your family!
God bless you, Victor : )
This has been very interesting. It has me really thinking about this. I do love God and I want to know more about God. But I have to be truthful to myself and I do ask for blessings from him. Then I remember that with the blessings I still ask for a better understanding of his love and grace. I want to know him personally. Amen.
Amen, Debbie!
God bless you : )
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear YHWH and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Amen, dear friend!
God bless you : )
I follow God because if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be alive right now and I wouldn’t have any of the blessings I do have. He’s the only one I can depend on and turn to. Hes like the bestest friend that never gives up and always loves no matter what. I found him at rock bottom and near death experiences not only for myself but for others. He’s always listening and guiding.. it’s just a matter of learning how to listen. He really is an awesome God 💙.
Amen, dear friend!
God bless you : )
He is my father and I can always trust his guidance
Amen, Meredith!
God bless you, dear friend 🙂
I follow God because He has called me out of the sinful life I was living. I also love Him because of this. He has made a way for use to be redeemed from death through His Son Jesus. I love my life now. This is why I follow God.
Amen, Stardetta!
God bless you, dear friend 🙂
Thank you so much! real eye-opener
Praised be the Lord for opening our eyes to see His greatness and His love for us!
God bless you, Marvet 🙂
I follow god because he is faithful and a forgiving God
Amen, Gloria!
God bless you 🙂
I am happier with God than with out. Pretty simple to me
I follow him because without him my life is incomplete, he my hope my joy my everything.
Thanks for sharing, Awesome question to true think about.
He’s my rock and Saviour
Thanks for the message 🙏
If it were left up to me I would not be following our Lord because no one seeks after God and Jesus Himself said that no one could come to Him except The Father who sent Him draw them. I say along with the apostle Paul: By the grace of God I am what I am.
Amen,Pete
Great eye opener, thanks.
Amen!
God bless you, Jackline 🙂
Hey brother, we have the same age. I so glad for see young guys like us thinking and living this way (surrounded to The Only One). Keep up! Let’s share God’s love, mercy and grace.
Amen, Natan!
God bless you and keep using you!
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Because GOD will always be GOD, and GOD is the truth
Amen, Kola!
God bless you, dear friend 🙂
It’s very thoughtful and I have learnt something, God bless you and continue to give you the knowledge in order to share with us always.
ASmen, Joseph!
God bless you and keep using you 🙂
I love Jesus christ as my saviour ,healer, deliver and freedom.
Amen, Pebetsi!
God bless you 🙂
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I worship God because of who he is he is my best friend all I want to do is please him because he gave me Life anything he does for me is a bonus
Amen!
Amen, God bless you 🙂
What a brilliant question! In all the years I’ve been following Jesus, I don’t think I’ve ever asked myself that question properly…..until this morning! Thank you.
Praised be the Lord for putting this question in our hearts and minds!
God bless you, dear friend 🙂