What is your “one thing”?
My one thing is discipleship. Jesus said before he left the earth that our job is to go and make disciples of all nations. He didn’t say to go and get them to say a prayer of salvation or to go and get people to go to church and tithe their money and be good. He said to make disciples. It’s a good idea to make this your one thing.
If you’ve got something else that you really love to do, that’s OK, God will help you combine it with disciplemaking. Maybe you’re like Peter – you love to fish. You’ve got all the right spinning lures, you know how to cast a fly without wrapping it around a tree. Jesus said, “follow me, I’ll make you fishers of men.”
Lots of stay-at-home moms use their role as a platform to not only disciple their kids, but their neighbors and peers. This was my mom’s ministry for years.
I’ve got a friend, Stu Johnson, who loves to carve wood. He started a wood carving business and hires prisoners so that he can disciple them and help integrate them back into society.
That’s a good pattern – combine what you love to do with discipleship – make that your one thing.
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This so profound. I thoroughly enjoy making disciples. In fact, I do it every Friday night with a group of Middle School girls. Boy how they hunger for God’s word. This is easy. However, not so easy is my newly saved, drama filled sister who is in the middle of a divorce. I must say, my patience level is not equal to the Word. It seems as if the godly advice given is not the answers she wants. I do try and take her to the word a lot, but it appears to have no effect – now. I know that we do not always see the fruit of our actions right away, or perhaps not until we get to the other side of heaven even. I guess since it’s my sister, I expected to have a different response. But I guess we are all human. Any advice???
How exactly do you define discipleship? I’m intrigued.
my definition of discipleship expounded here:
https://www.sethbarnes.com/?category=Discipling