MORNING MANNA 2-27-22
MAKING DISCIPLES
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen“ – Matt. 28:19-20
Being a disciple, in the truest sense of the word, is difficult (Read Luke 9:23; 14:26-33). But it’s even more difficult to be a disciple who makes disciples – which is exactly what the Lord, just before ascending into heaven, tells us to do.
Sadly we live in a day when churches are content just conducting services and taking a token interest in the Great Commission. Pastor Renaut van der Riet writes about the difficulty of making disciples – “In this fast-food, instant-access generation, we have often substituted true discipleship for a superficial community experience and a program-driven approach to faith. These require far less work and a much lower level of commitment. Our churches may grow numerically, but we are left dabbling in the shallows of God instead of diving into the depths of God. We have come a long way since the days when someone would drop everything for the honor of following their rabbi…As a young pastor charting a course through the jungle of planting a church and now shepherding that church, I’ve discovered that it is increasingly difficult to find mentors who will guide me through the ins and outs of practical, biblical discipleship.”
Since I don’t know this brother, I can’t endorse him or his church. But I can certainly agree with what he says here. Most churches today seem to have forgotten why they exist. They act as though they’re on a playground rather than a battlefield, or a cruise ship rather than a lifeboat. We are to be salt and light to this corrupt confused world, but we seem more interested in entertaining it.
May God help us to rediscover our God given purpose and devote ourselves to it. May we so live that when our life on earth is done that we will hear the Lord say, “….Well done, good and faithful servant…(Matt. 25:23). – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
