What are you? Are you allowing God to enable you to be a
witness for Him (Acts 1:8), so that you can make disciples (Matthew 28:19)? Oswald
Chambers says in The Method of Missions
that “….you cannot make disciples unless you are a disciple yourself.”
This is a powerful statement, yet it is
simple. The power of it can sometimes
escape us if we have not truly evaluated to see if we are allowing ourselves to
be discipled by the Lord Jesus. So what
does the word Disciple mean? Merriam-Webster defines it as: one who accepts and assists in spreading the
doctrines of another: as a convinced adherent of a school or individual; a
student or a pupil. This means if
you are a disciple of Jesus that you are learning about and from Jesus, and are
convinced in the doctrine (teachings) of the bible. Does that describe you?
Oswald goes on to say, “Don’t rejoice in
successful service— the great secret of joy is that you have the right
relationship with Me” (see Luke 10:17-20).
I want the secret of joy…don’t you?
I am a witness to Oswald’s statement, because I can feel the peace and
joy of the Lord when I am walking in the Spirit in close relationship with God.
Our right relationship comes through the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.
So who is for Joy? Let’s not just do church work, let’s not just
do community service, let’s be in right relationship with God as His disciples
serving Him with joy.
