I love discipleship… I love the word, I love the gift that it is to the church, I love how much my church cares and takes responsibility for everyone’s discipleship - including mine! I find great joy in discipling others and being discipled by Jesus through mates, leaders, or colleagues.
Maybe, as you read this, you feel you can’t quite relate. Discipleship doesn’t come so naturally to you. There’s no one in your church offering to disciple you, and therefore you don’t feel at all equipped to disciple others!
We, at Fusion, believe that everyone has a part to play in the great commission - You know, those very familiar, final words that Jesus says to his disciples - ‘Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations baptising them in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, teaching them all that I have commanded you, for I will be with you until the end of the age.’ (Matt. 28:19)
Whether you’ve been a Christian for 20 minutes or 20 years you are invited to participate in the discipleship of others!
I was in a discussion recently where I asked, ‘Why must I disciple others?’, and the group thought for a moment and someone responded, ‘well, who else is going to do it?’ they continued, ‘we cannot outsource other people's discipleship to our church leaders, or those with a theology degree.’ And they are absolutely right, Who else is going to do it?
Many of us have stories, or have heard stories of students waking up to the reality that Jesus is Lord - Let’s not take this moment for granted. Let’s not look back at this moment in five years when all those new Christians have left the church because they didn’t have someone actively invested in their discipleship.
If you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you have it in you to disciple others - you really do have every resource at your fingertips - so ask God to fill you with his Holy Spirit!
You may be thinking, ‘well, I don’t have a mentor or someone in my church intentionally discipling me!’ That doesn’t exclude you from this call to disciple others. I believe Jesus will strengthen you and disciple you as you decide to invest in the discipleship of another!
You may have finished this blog and still have so many questions and still feel unequipped. The Fusion Coaching Team runs a discipleship training and we would love to connect with you and discuss further what that might look like for you and your context!
