Why I Walk With Jesus

I don't walk with Jesus because I determined His lifestyle was to my liking.

I don't worship Jesus because I believe He is Creator God and I must revere Him.

I don't serve Jesus because I am grateful for His sacrifice for me on the cross.

I don't love Jesus because of His long list of admirable attributes.

Jesus has captured my heart. Though I recognize on a daily basis that I do have a choice to turn away from Him, it seems less and less like any choice at all. What would I do...breathe some other air, walk in some strange light; borrow a personality, beliefs and ideas from TV or YouTube?

I walk with Jesus, worship Him, serve and love Him because that is who I am. He has, by His demonstrated character and manifest presence, revealed to me the substance of life. He defines me, and, by the way, the expression of my personality is ever more free and celebrated in Him. I have not lost myself in Him. I have found myself. I am, literally, in Him.

When Jesus asked His disciples if they would leave Him as did the fickle crowds, their response was, "Where would we go?" I get it now.