Being Followed

Have you ever had the feeling someone is following you...for real? You can feel your heart start to pound as your pace quickens. You look over your shoulder nervously, hoping that if the person that is there knows that you know, they will stop their pursuit. Thoughts go racing through your head as you begin to perspire, 'Who would want to follow me?' 'Why would someone want to chase me down?' 'What do I have they could possible want?'

Have you ever had the Holy Spirit pursue you like that?

He is on your trail and you try and shake Him but...you can't. You are not quite sure what will happen when He catches up with you, but you try and avoid Him anyway. Maybe His pursuit isn't a life-endangerment kind of thing, it's more of a life-changing kind of thing.

I think He is after me.

The phrase, "For the love of Christ compels me..." has been the pursuing whisper in my mind and heart...continually.

I can't get away from it.

I can't stop thinking about it.

"For the love of Christ compels me..." There is so much passion in that statement. Can you hear it?

I'm ashamed to say I don't know if I do anything because His love compels me. I can't honestly say that I feel compulsed or forced into action because of the intense motivation of His love.

But I want to be able to say it.

I want to say, "The love of Christ compels me to..." and you can fill in the blank. I am sure that when I am operating in that way I won't have to say it at all, the evidence will be plentiful. Others will know that Jesus has touched them through me. And for that I will let myself be followed and tracked down until I am caught and Christ's love is made my driving force.

"For the love of Christ compels me..."

Stay alert. Look over your shoulder. The Holy Spirit may be following you too...