“You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong” (Exodus 23:2 NLT).
After giving the Ten Commandments to Moses, the Lord gave specific examples of how to apply them. He warned that following the crowd in doing wrong would not excuse the breaking of the commandments.
How many of us as teens tried this excuse with our parents, “But everyone was doing it”? If your parents were like mine, then that excuse didn’t go over too well. And it doesn’t go over well with God either. The Bible is clear. We are not to follow the crowd. Wrong is still wrong even if the majority call it right.
Jesus takes it a step further by saying that not only should we not follow the crowd, we must stop following our own will too. Listen to the invitation Christ gives, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (Matt. 16:24).
Live for the approval of the Lord, not the crowd. Following Jesus almost always means going against the flow of the crowd.
PRAYER: Dear Father, we submit our way to You afresh this day. We want Your will, not our own. For we have decided to follow Jesus, not the crowd. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. In Jesus’ name. Amen.