2 Timothy 2:2 (ESV) — and what you have heard from me in the presence of
many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
NOTE: This is a
favorite verse of mine. As is well known, there are four generations of
disciples (current and future) referenced: Paul (me), Timothy (you), Timothy's
disciples (faithful men), and Timothy's disciple's disciples (others). This is
true discipleship, multiplying our lives into the lives of other men. They
don't have to be Pastors, but I do think they have to be men who minister to
others. They do have to be men who walk with God. They just can't be church
attenders. I think the Christian church has exchanged the idea of discipleship
with Christian education, wrongly believing that attending a class or course on
the Christian life makes a person a disciple. I really don't believe that.
There is something far deeper that goes into becoming a disciple of Christ.
Most church goers never experience the life of a disciple. That is sad. I wish
I knew how to change that. All I can do, is continue to entrust what others
have given to me to new faithful men so that they can train others.
PRAYER: Father, open
the eyes of the church to what it means to be disciples. There are too many who
are just religious and have no idea of what a life-changing relationship with
Jesus is like. Open our eyes. Turn us from the world.
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