Becoming Disciples of Jesus

That’s the goal. 

Sometimes we make the conversation around calling too difficult. 

We get swept up into thinking that we need to hear a booming voice or see mystical vision. Or we get stuck thinking about what we’re supposed to be when we grow up or what job or profession we’re supposed to commit ourselves to. 

If you’re reading this, it’s probably because on some level you have already made a decision to be a follower of Jesus. Maybe it feels like you made a choice, but theologically, you didn’t chose Christ; Christ chose you. Christ has come by your filled and called for you.

What is the purpose of the call? To become disciples of Jesus Christ. 

It’s worth asking: what is a disciple? A disciple is a student, an apprentice, who follows Jesus, listens to Jesus teach, watches Jesus heal, responds to Jesus’ command to love God with heart, mind, soul, and strength and to show mercy and compassion neighbor, strangers, and enemies. A disciple allows their mind to be reshaped by mind of Christ, their heart to be reformed by the heart of Christ, and their actions to be transformed into the actions of Christ.

Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ is not something that cannot be done alone.

We need the same Spirit that worked in Jesus to work in us. We need each other. Life gets hard, we get lonely, we mess up, we make mistakes. We were never meant to do it all alone. 

The last twelve months have been hard. Whoever or wherever you are. The routines of our life together have been disrupted. The season of Lent, the forty days leading up to Easter, starts soon. Historically, Lent was a time of preparation for baptism. At baptism, we commit to being a community of love and forgiveness for one another. This is a great opportunity for all of us to recommit to being a part of a community of love and forgiveness for one another, to recommit to the goal. What’s the goal?

The goal is  become disciples of Jesus Christ together.