imitation::my discipler? or Jesus?
Like I mentioned earlier, Stacie and I had the opportunity to teach a small group elective at Wooster Grace on discipleship this past Sunday and Wednesday. (We had a blast, by the way.)Wednesday evening we had a high school student, Dakota, stick around to talk with us. She told us that she is in a small group, that she meets regularly with her small group leader, and that this woman clearly holds the role of discipler in her life. And then she asked us, quite simply and straightforwardly, who she should be imitating ... Jesus or her discipler?
(Now let me tell you right now: this girl is sharp. You can tell when you talk to her that she loves Jesus and she loves people. You can sense her hunger to grow. She's just one of those people that you know is so sincere. She genuinely wanted to understand the disconnect.)
We clarified the idea -- that her discipler is merely to point her to Jesus. To help her better understand what it is to imitate Jesus. That to imitate one is to imitate the other. It was a great conversation.
And in that moment, I was reminded of a truth that we can so easily lose sight of:
it's not about us.
We are a picture, 'Jesus in skin' if you will, for younger people to imitate. We help them bring the truth of Scripture into today. Absolutely.
But if we ever, EVER cause people to chose between imitating Jesus OR imitating us, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Discipleship (investment, imitation, whatever) is a high calling. Let's not forget Titus 2 -we are called to live holy lives, and then to have others follow that example.
It should never be imitate Jesus or imitate my discipler... they should always go hand in hand.
Labels: discipleship, Wooster
posted by sarah @ 4:51 PM
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