Jul202007
What Does it Mean to You?
Filed under Reflections by Paul at 4:40 pm on Jul 20 2007
What does discipleship mean to you? What does it mean to you to be a disciple of Jesus? What comes to your mind when these words are said? What king of person do you envision? What kind of life / lifestyle do you expect to see? Do you consider yourself a disciple of Jesus? How would you react to Jesus calling you personally to come and be His disciple?
Just some questions to ponder. Leave your thoughts in the comments
1 Angela Coonon 23 Jul 2007 at 1:37 am
Bill Hybels says in Communicate with Power, ”We find that much of what we have to do is attempt to speak to people’s brokenness, their addictions, their wounds, their victimizations. We’re finding that instead of just discipling people we lead to Christ, we have to almost re-parent them before they’re capable of being discipled because they have lived with so much trauma. They have been wounded and broken so badly that most of the time some form of counseling is necessary.”
Discipling is not an easy or quick process in view of what Bill has said. I find this very true in my experience also. Jesus told the disciples to unwrap Lazarus from the grave cloths. Jesus had raised him from the dead but he was wrapped tightly in grave cloths. We too have grave cloths of shame, rejection, victimization, addictions, pain and trauma. it’s a multi-layerd approach that is required in the midst of a healing community of believers.
2 Paulon 23 Jul 2007 at 10:13 am
Discipleship is definitely a “multi-layered” thing. We have to remember that Jesus told us that the greatest commandment involved all aspects of our self - heart, mind, soul, and body. When the church is a “healing community” I agree that we will begin to see a deeper level of discipleship. Great thoughts!