As I continue to dwell on what the lord is bringing me into at this point in my life, my thoughts keep coming back to discipleship�
What does discipleship even mean?
The dictionary defines Discipleship as:
� One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another. Or An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy
So putting this into context for me being a disciple of Christ. I am one who embraces and assists in the spreading of the teachings of Jesus Christ. I am an active adherent to the movement or belief system of Christianity.
So what does that look like in my life? This is something that I have been asking myself and the Lord for a while now. What does He have next for me in my life following Him.
The first step was coming to CGA. Now that I am settled into my role here I frequently ask the Lord what my role will be in the future with Him. Don’t get me wrong, I am completely content with where the Lord has me right now, but I am also interested in making sure I don’t get complacent in where I am. So I continually am seeking the next step that the Lord has for me in my walk with Him.
Looking back on my life I can see that I have been constantly discipled for all 26 years of it, and I never really realized it until I came back from the World Race and started looking for where the Lord was leading me next. I realized that what I wanted was to continue to live in community and to continue to be discipled. Thinking through what it means to be discipled I realized that my parents have discipled me for 26 years of my life. I realized that who I am today is a direct result of the upbringing I had throughout my life and through God’s grace, Mercy and Love that He poured out on me and my family.
The Man of God that I have become is because of my wonderful parents, grandparents and church members that I have had the priveledge to grow up with. But I have been especially blessed by my parents. My mother has loved me each and every day of my life. Caring for all my scrapes and bruises. Loving me through the hard times and never withholding her love from me.
My Father also loved me unconditionally all my life. He lives out what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Not just on sundays at church, not just around certain groups of people, but in all aspects of his life and in all situations, my father displays what it means to be a Man of God.
Beyond that, the Lord has blessed me through my parents relationship with the example of what it means to treat a woman properly, what it means to live out a loving christian marriage and what it means to truly give love and receive love unconditionally.
I guess this eneded up being more of a blog on my thankfulness for God’s provision in my life, but all of that is rooted in discipleship.
So thank you everyone who has helped raise me in my life. Thank you mom and dad for bringing me up in the Christian faith. Thank you for following Christ in your lives, for creating a Christian environment for me to grow up in. For discipling me my entire life and giving me a firm foundation in biblical principles and in Christ himself.
It is because of you that I am the Man I am today, that I trust fully in the Lord in my life and that I listen to His voice daily. And while I know all the glory and thanks goes to Him above all, I still think you guys deserve at least some of the credit 🙂
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