following means responsibility

Taking responsibility is one of the best characteristics of a leader.
This applies on any level of leadership, including the management
of our personal life.
Unfortunately avoiding responsibility seems to be more natural
to man than availability.
As the problems get more serious and the task more demanding
people’s excuses also get more complicated and absurd.
Now people talk about the global crises as being the reason for
every problem in business, family, sports, church, relationships...
If you all the time have to find excuses for not attending any church
you obviously have a problem in your spiritual life.
As your explanations get longer and longer other believers get more
tired of your endless excuses. ”So much work.
Cousin’s birthday.
Had to go and pay my rent. The weather was so cold.
I was afraid there would be a traffic jam...”
Whom are you kidding?
Let’s face it. Could it be that you are trying to run from God?
“But I love God.”
I don’t think he is too impressed by your sentimental rhetoric.
If you are unwilling to take responsibility for your life-style
you will be endlessly running from God and from His best plans
for your life.
Yes, it’s tough.
Jesus didn’t beg people to follow him.
He simply said, ”Come and follow me.”
It was not an invitation to a negotiating table.
It was a call to follow.