Who You Follow Impacts Who Follows You
With Twitter you can have followers, and be a follower. The same is true about life. It brings up several important questions:
- Who are you following?
- Who is following you?
- Where are the people you’are following leading you?
- Where are you leading the people who are following you?
If Jesus used Twitter, one would need to read and commit to this verse found in Luke 9:23 before clicking on “Follow”. “Then he said to the crowd, ‘If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.’” 
Jesus clearly states three things we must do in order to follow Him:
- Turn from your selfish ways. Rather than insist on “our” way, we must yield to His way. We need to surrender – to turn over the keys (control) of our life to Him.
- Take up “your” cross daily. This isn’t something we don’t do once a year, once a month, or on special occasion. It’s everyday.
- Follow Him. Follow means to “accompany” rather than to follow at a distance. Don’t allow anything to come between you and the Lord, or create distance between you.
What’s holding you back from following Jesus? When you turn to His way, and take up the cross, His power will set you free to follow Him.
Take a moment to meditate on Luke 9:23. God is going to give us the grace to turn from our selfish desires, pick up our cross daily, and follow Him and His way.
On Twitter, not only can you follow an individual. You can see who they are following. Let Jesus top the list of those you are following. Then Like Paul, we can say “follow my example, as I imitate and follow Christ”.
Working closely with young people as a Student Pastor, it’s become increasingly obvious that their worldview is influenced and shaped by who they follow (parents, friends, music, celebrities, etc.) It’s true for adults too. When we wholeheartedly follow Jesus, people who “follow” us will be inspired to follow Jesus too.