Morning by Morning, November 11, 2025 — “Come, Follow Me.” Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my heart and listen up for Your voice, for Your sheep hear Your voice and know You and follow You (John 10:3). “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). ... As I wait in the stillness of these first moments of my morning to listen for Your Spirit, what comes to my spirit are these words in my heart: “Come, follow Me. Rise up in your heart and come, follow Me. I take you by Your heart and lead you by My hand to where I want you to be. And where I want you to be is right here with Me. For I have gone and prepared a place for You and for all who would come, follow Me. That Place is Me. For wherever You go, whatever you will do, all that you are and all you will be is right here with Me. But it must be your desire to come, it must be your choice to come, it must be the determination of your heart to come, follow Me.” ... Yes, Lord. As I ponder in my heart what I believe I’m hearing by Your Spirit, these Words of Your Scripture come to mind: “‘Come, follow Me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people’” (Matthew 4:19 NIV). “I will make you fishers of men” (KJV). “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24 NKJV). To “Come, follow (You),” requires both spiritual intimacy and physical obedience. To “Come, follow (You),” requires a denial of ourselves in the sense of denying everything in us that would resist following You, that would resist drawing near to You, that would resist obeying You. And a significant part of obeying You from that place of intimacy with You is fulfilling our unique calling and commission, the day-by-day direction that You speak into our spirits, as You take us by the heart and lead us by Your hand into all You have us to be and all You have us to do, all by the power of Your grace at work within us (Philippians 2:13). In Your days in the flesh, as You walked with Your first disciples on this earth, You spoke of a place Your prepare for us: “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know” (John 14:1-4). That “place” You “prepare” for us is not just going to Heaven when we die. It’s not just being caught up in the air on the day You return to come again in the clouds in glory. It’s also where You are that we may be also. It’s also the “place” You “prepare” in our hearts—right here, right now—as we draw near to You and You draw near to us (James 4:8). It’s also abiding in You as You abide in us, every moment of every day (John 15:4). As we “Come, follow (You).” Lord, I desire and I choose to “Come, follow (You)” today—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. As best as I can and all by Your grace, may I live out the moments of this day following the day-to-day direction of Your leading in my spirit in both spiritual intimacy and physical obedience. This day and every day. Morning by Morning, moment by moment. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you draw near to God as He draws near to you, by you abide in Him as He abides in you, by you "Come, follow (Him), as He takes you by your heart and leads you by His hand, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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