FOLLOW ME

 FOLLOW ME: The Two-Word Call That Still Echoes Through Time

“Follow me.”

Two words. That’s all it took to change the course of human history.

When Jesus spoke these words to the first Apostles—Peter and Andrew, James and John—He wasn’t merely inviting them to accompany Him on a journey. He was issuing a radical summons, one packed with power, urgency, and an undeniable gravitational pull. They weren’t just words; they were an initiation into a new kind of life, a new way of seeing the world, a new purpose that would demand everything.

Centuries later, those two words still pierce the noise of our modern age. They haven’t faded. They haven’t lost their voltage. To every believer today, the command remains: “Follow me.”

But what does it mean to follow in an era of endless options and divided loyalties?

In the strictest sense, to follow means to move in the direction of the one you’re following. It requires a singular focus. You cannot follow two people heading in opposite directions at the same time. Physics and faithfulness both reject the idea. Yet, how often do we attempt this spiritual impossibility? We try to follow Christ while also chasing the applause of the crowd, the security of wealth, the comfort of conformity, or the allure of our own ego. We end up stretched thin, spiritually disoriented, and walking in circles.

“Follow me” is a call to decisive alignment. It is the ultimate declaration of priority. Before it is a call to action, it is a call to orientation—setting our inner compass irrevocably toward the person of Christ. His pace, His path, His character become our reference point. Everything else—our plans, our fears, our desires—must fall in line behind that primary trajectory.

This is not a passive journey. The first Apostles dropped their nets, left their boats, and walked away from their immediate livelihoods. The call disrupted their normal. It will disrupt ours, too. Following means moving when He says move, stopping when He says stop, loving when it’s hard, serving when it’s inconvenient, and trusting when the path disappears over the edge of our understanding. It is an active, daily, willful re-commitment to walk behind the One who leads.

Yet, here is the profound encouragement woven into the command: we are not following a philosophy, a set of rules, or a distant ideal. We are following a Person. And this Person walks ahead of us. He has traversed every terrain we will ever face—wilderness, temptation, rejection, sorrow, and even death itself. He doesn’t point from a map; He leads from the path. When He says, “Follow me,” He is also saying, “I will be with you. The way I make is the way you can take.”

So today, hear the call as if for the first time. It cuts through the chatter of a thousand lesser voices vying for your allegiance. It is not a gentle suggestion; it is the foundational command of the Christian life, offered with both authority and grace.

The most powerful words are often the simplest. They leave no room for negotiation but every room for transformation.

Follow me.

Two words. One path. A life reshaped. The invitation stands. The choice, as it always has been, is yours.

© January 5, 2026

Pastor Emmanuel Obu 

The Apostle of Joy