Last week I found myself second in line at a stoplight behind a blue Prius with a bumper sticker that reads. ” Do you follow Jesus this closely?”
Of course, I snapped a picture and quickly shared it on social media. I posted it on numerous platforms with a version of the following remark: Today’s question comes in the form of a bumper sticker: Do you follow Jesus this closely?
So What?
I wonder how you would answer. Feel free to reply to share your thoughts.
Personally, I don’t follow Jesus as closely as I found myself to the Prius at a stoplight. I find that this type of Jesus pursuit quickly becomes myopic, legalistic, and self-serving.
Instead, I wholeheartedly commit anew each day to following the Way of Jesus trusting that living such love transforms me, emboldens me, and empowers me to do my part to build a better world for all people. I pray that I am faithful in this work and mindful that it is how God’s kindom becomes more real on earth as it already is in heaven.
For more of my reflections on license plates and unusual signs and symbols on vehicles, check out
- We Could Wreck the World (March 2025)
- Turning Your Vehicle Into a Religious Billboard (October 2024)
- Lent, License Plates, & Christian Nationalism (February 2023)
- It’s Lent Again (March 2022)
- Honk if You are Holy (May 2019)