Passion, excitement, laughter, love, discipleship: These are the main things I want in my everyday life. I want to be passionate about people and the things I do. Everyone is special and should be treated as so. Everything I do should bring glory to God. My first time to Washington, D.C. I saw the Pentagon and I was so excited! I was seeing something I had only seen in movies, in real life! All I kept saying was, “I feel like I’m in a movie!” over and over again. Now that I’ve been a lot of places and seen a lot of things I don’t get so excited anymore. I don’t want it to be like that at all, I want to be that excited about EVERYTHING! Laughter. I mean who doesn’t love to laugh? Smiles are contagious and that can lead to a laugh which usually leads to making a funny noise that can make you laugh harder. Laughing is just a good time. Love. I want to love everyone the best I can and in the way they need love. Love is a pure reflection on the Father and I want to be just that. Discipleship. If you put all of this together you can be a great disciple for the Kingdom. I want to walk beside someone and show them how to be passionate for God’s people and the way they serve. I want to be excited to hear peoples’ stories and to see God everywhere I look. I want to laugh and share friendships with everyone I can. I want to do everything in love; otherwise, it is not worth doing or saying. I want to make disciples around the world.
The fact that I am saying that this is something I want to do is a pretty big deal. About 8 months ago I was prophesied over saying that I would make many disciples. This absolutely terrified me. I have been hurt by far too many people I looked up to in the church, and I refused to be that for someone else. I was fearful to lead people in the wrong direction; therefore, I wasn’t even willing to point them anywhere close to the right direction. I would give halfhearted answers like, “mmmmm yeah that’s hard, have you asked God about that?” Yes I meant what I said when I said you should ask God about that, but in the back of my head I had a verse, word of knowledge, or previous experience in, but fear of saying the wrong thing or saying the right thing at the wrong time kept my mouth shut. On top of being fearful of failing, I didn’t feel worthy or qualified enough to do so. Lies, lies, lies- all coming from the evil one. There is no such thing as fear in the Kingdom of God. Worthy, I am royalty, Jesus died on the cross for me. Of course, I’m worthy. Qualified, okay I’m not qualified at all, but thank God I’m not. God doesn’t call the qualified He qualifies the called, ooooooo guuuurl, Amen! When you are qualified you are typically doing things in your own power and will. I don’t know about you, but God’s will is typically around 100% better than mine.
I didn’t learn this overnight; it’s taken me 8 months to be confident in the Father’s will. So much that I would take this “leap of faith” if you will, into discipling people. Here’s how he got me to say yes. I asked, “God, how do you want me to make disciples? I can’t teach others.” And you know what He said? He said, “Through friendships. Making disciples isn’t a formula, it’s from the heart.” Guys! Jesus is my best good friend! Ever since I was a kid I’ve always said He is my friend. He wants me to disciple others in the same way he disciples me. He is so good! I tell you all this because I believe with all of my heart everyone is called to be discipled and make disciples. This looks different to everyone and that okay. Its more than okay, its fantastic!
So if you are fearful to walk beside someone, you don’t have to be. Live life beside someone in a friendship and point them back to God, boom you’re discipling. You don’t have to be qualified to serve God. Be confident in God because you are rooted in Him. Ask God how He wants you to make disciples and if you pick it right up, that’s great. If you wrestle with it like I did, that’s also great. God will teach you and that will help you teach others. Gods a pretty awesome guy who believes in you, and so do I. You’re in a beautiful place to start asking. Thanks for reading! Until next time!
