Keeping the Blessing in mind,
This week has been a tremendous week. There have been excitement and challenges in a variety of ways. That's discipleship. It has its ups and downs. There are times it goes sides ways. Some weeks it goes really well like this one.
Some days you get frustrated and freaked out.
Nothing goes well and you just want to say, "how come you just don't get it already?" (shaking them, in your mind) As those days come and go we need to remember that God is discipling us in the process. We are growing fruit internally to ourselves. We are learning to resonate with the farmer who toils in the heat planting for a future harvest. We need to keep in that in mind. We are being blessed and shaped by God in that process.
Matthew 5:19 it speaks of us being obedient which is one level of blessing. Even if you teach part of what is commanded, not the goal, there is blessing in that. But, the greater blessing is teaching other people to obey. (Matt. 28:20) This is much different than, knowledge transfer. People own it. Obey it and teach others to do the same. That's the greater blessing.
Anyone who has attended seminary know that they train you to transfer information. The pedagogy of discipleship, really takes on more than a lecture format. I'll save that for a future article. The goal for discipleship is that one learns to obey and follow Jesus. We and our disciples will receive the Better Blessing both now and in the future.
Be encouraged. Stay focused. Go Fish!
This week has been a tremendous week. There have been excitement and challenges in a variety of ways. That's discipleship. It has its ups and downs. There are times it goes sides ways. Some weeks it goes really well like this one.
Some days you get frustrated and freaked out.
Matthew 5:19 it speaks of us being obedient which is one level of blessing. Even if you teach part of what is commanded, not the goal, there is blessing in that. But, the greater blessing is teaching other people to obey. (Matt. 28:20) This is much different than, knowledge transfer. People own it. Obey it and teach others to do the same. That's the greater blessing.
Anyone who has attended seminary know that they train you to transfer information. The pedagogy of discipleship, really takes on more than a lecture format. I'll save that for a future article. The goal for discipleship is that one learns to obey and follow Jesus. We and our disciples will receive the Better Blessing both now and in the future.
Be encouraged. Stay focused. Go Fish!
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