Followers of Jesus Christ
In the world of social media, we all know the meaning of influencers and their followers.
The more followers a person has on any of his or her social media handle, the more influential the person is perceived to be.
In the world of social media, it is all about influence.
Influence can be expressed in the display of talent, popularity, intelligence, beauty, wealth, power e.t.c.
The stronger the influence, especially in the ability to make a direct impact on the lives of followers, the more the followers become more and more like the influencer they all adore.
An influencer inspires his or her followers in ways they believe, make them better or give their lives more quality.
It could educative, entertaining, appetizing and so many other things.
If you take a closer look at a particular influencer and his/her corresponding followers , you will notice a similarity in behavior, manner of thinking and even dress sense.
Why is this so?
This is because they are followers, technically and literally.
They follow this person's way of life, they absorb this person's values, norms, taste, mannerisms, culture and most of all, this person's psychology.
Followers are only a replication of the influencer that they follow.
They indulge very much in their influencer's philosophy of life and psychology.
So, it's like the influencer is duplicated in them and it's as if they are similar copies of the influencer.
For example, when a new artist is being signed on a record label or someone happens to be a huge fan of a celebrity, the person without even telling already looks like or behaves like this influencer or role model that they adore.
It is good to have people we look up to and people who inspire us to be better but it is important to choose carefully 'who'.
It is also important to examine and find out the manner of impact this influencer has had on us and in our lives.
Whether it is a negative impact or a positive impact.
What are the benefits of having an influencer to emulate and look up to?
1. Giveaways.
2. Exposure.
3. Opportunities and lots more.
If you look at the benefits of having an influencer, you will notice that most of them do not have an eternal nature.
Some may touch us from the inside out but is it everlasting, true, pure, healing and uplifting?
There is one man who has being calling us to follow him, His name is Jesus Christ and His word is true.
John 8: 12
NIV: When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Jesus is saying that He is the only light that the whole ,wide ,world has.
It means, without Jesus, the whole world will be dark.
And then he said that whoever, no matter who you are , what you've done or where you're from, whoever follows him will never walk in darkness.
Following Jesus is checking up on his daily updates through the word of God to know what he is doing or what he is thinking.
It means praying and finding out what he wants you to do.
It means letting him determine how you live your life, just like we do with all these influencers.
And guess what, he promised that whoever follows him will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.
What does this mean?
This means that as you follow Jesus, because He is the only light the whole world has, his glorious, divine light will shine on you and permeate your being, his light is in his holy word and in our divine encounters with him in many ways.
His light is in his way of thinking and doing things.
The more you begin to know about Jesus, the more you will become like him.
His light in his holy word and in who he is , will rub off on you and you will begin to store up his light within you, like the moon stores up light from the sun.
Then , you will have his light in you.
A light of life.
It brings light and life with it, everything it touches becomes new again.
This is true.
This is real.
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