Drumbeat…

 Drumbeat….

 I was watching  a tribute to Harry Belafonte last night…a musician, actor, activist…he was the same age as my parents…so I grew up with his music…

One of his quotes, “March to the drumbeat you believe in”…Harry Belafonte…

I have come to the last chapters of John, some of my favorite ones…the other three gospels don’t relate these words from the last supper..chapters 14-17…

Jesus tells his disciples so much in these chapters…

1. Don’t let your hearts be troubled…

2. Jesus preparations for believers in his Father’s house…

3. His promise of coming back…

4. I am the way and the truth and the Life…

5. I am in the Father and the Father is in me…

6. The promise of the Holy Spirit..

7. The separation of those who believe and those who don’t…

8. Jesus’ peace…

9. Satan has no hold on Jesus…

And that is just in chapter 14…

In light of our “drumbeats”, whose do we follow? In whom do we believe?

I thought of Joshua, of old,asking the people…

 “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. 

But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” 

Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods! 

Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.”

“Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied. 

“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.””

Josh.24.15-16Josh.24.22-24

Joshua’s words are just as applicable in Jesus’ time, our time …any time…who will we serve? Whose drumbeat will we follow?

Thank YOU…

Story of the song, “I have decided to follow Jesus…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Qfez6HOag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_Decided_to_Follow_Jesus