Do, Be, Do, Be, Do, Be

Pk’s Corner

November  2015

Matthew 28: 19a, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,…”

After 3 years of traveling with Jesus, the disciples were now ready to continue Christ’s work.  On the mountain top, just before the Ascension, Jesus gives them this last instruction, “Go and Make”.

That commission has since been handed down to all believers.  The church as the body of Christ is called to make Disciples for the Kingdom of God.  The United Methodist Churches mission statement is, “Disciples making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the World”.

There is a problem though.  Are you a disciple?  That is the question we have to ask ourselves.  The next question is “What is a disciple?”

A Disciple is a person who follows and learns from another.  So now the question is “Are you following and learning from Jesus Christ?  Just going to church one hour a week does not make you a disciple.  To be a disciple means following, learning, growing and living in Christ.  To be a disciple means putting Jesus first and everything else in the back.

We are coming upon the holiday season once again.  Soon we will be caught up in the revelry and fun of what the holiday has to bring.  It will be easy to be consumed by the fun, or the stress of the season, and to not follow Jesus.

As we plunge head long into this season, I pray you will look for ways to follow Jesus and learn from Jesus.  The churches task is to provide you with the guidance to be a disciple. Take advantage of that.  And once we become the disciples we are called to be, then we can go about making disciples of all nations.

Remember, to Do discipling means you first must Be a disciple.  Like a Frank Sinatra song, you cannot have the Do without the Be.

Amen