Worship Me?

So, I read something last week that I had never thought about before. Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus ever say "Worship Me".  There are times where He accepted worship (examples-Matthew 28:17, Matthew 14:33), but never a time where He asked for, demanded or expected to be worshiped.  

Ugh.  I'll be honest.  Considering what I do for a living, that's a little bit of a blow to my pride. 

But you know what? He did use another 2 words quite often: 

"Follow me"  

Think about that.  Jesus wasn't looking for worshipers.  He was looking for followers.

Huh.  

In John 4:23 Jesus said "But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way."  

Maybe to be the true worshipers that Jesus talked about in this verse, we first need to be the true followers He was looking for.

Worship (I mean Follow) Big!

Brad