Discipleship

Today when I walked out of Andrew's house into my car I started singing a worship song. I instinctively turned on the radio but when I realized what I was doing I just turned it back off and kept singing. I had a kind of peace driving home today.

It reminded me of something that I heard that when we follow God's commands and spend time with Him that we experience an outflow of worship from our hearts. An act of the Holy spirit within us.

It made me realize how important discipleship was. I hadn't met for awhile but now that I think about it it makes a lot of sense that my worship in the car was a result of the end of a good discipleship. When we follow God's commands and experience the things that He has specifically called us to, we realize and understand just why and what the purpose of those actions are. The Bible commands "Follow me as I follow God" and that sentence is the definition of how we can walk deeply in Christ.

I want to encourage people who don't have a discipler to actively find one in their church. Even if you're just going to college and don't think you'll be here long, I am learning that a big part of how we grow in Christ is in the relationships that we forge. Of course it is also in quiet times and spending time with God. But to follow after someone further along in the faith, as they follow after Christ is indeed what we are commanded to do. And once you pursue that relationship in whatever setting, even if you have to leave later on, you will find God works greatly in your life through it.