Discipleship

What is discipleship? This is an excellent question with two type of answers, one is the short “Sunday School” answer. The other answer is one that scholars have spent lifetimes studding and attempting to define. During the days of the Crusades, did the English consider going on a crusade as discipleship? The short Sunday School answer is, “Discipleship is following God,” or “Doing God’s will is discipleship.” While this is the normal answer, it does not do justice to the question. It is such a unique question for each individual that is following Christ. Discipleship can be as simple as opening a door for a new mother struggling with the bag, the baby, the stroller and the groceries. Yet, discipleship can be a complex as sending 3 years at seminary, and 40 years in rural West Texas going from church to church preaching the good word. Discipleship be any aspect of following God. I heard it described in the following matter. Life is a car, and normal people like to be in the driver’s seat. When I am driving my family around, I usually drive the car, and am in control of the situation. Our spiritual life is like a car, and there are only two, maybe three options that can happen. First, you are in the driver’s seat, guiding your life through the treacherous streets of life, alone and without a guide. The second option is when you allow God to drive your life, but you sit in the backseat, and criticize each and every turn that God makes with your life. Finally, you allow God to drive the car, and sit patience buy in the passenger seat as he guides and directs your in your lives. In it’s simplest form, disciple ship is, “the following of Jesus Christ in all things he has called you to with the love of Christ. For ir we are without love, then what good do we do each other.