PROCESS OF
DISCIPLESHIP
Scripture:
Mark 8: 34-38
Devotional:- When He had
called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them,
“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow Me”
(v.34) NKJV
Just like any other process of
production, to become like Jesus also demands that we go through a process. It
is in the course of going through the process that we begin to look like Him.
Everyone that come to Jesus are like raw materials but we must not remain raw
in our relationship with Christ. Some people have been in the Church for
decades yet they are still the same as they came. The process of becoming like Jesus
begins from we making a firm decision to belong to God. It has to be firm
because the devil through the flesh will contend with our decision. No one will
truly be committed to Christ if they had not submitted their lives unto Him or
take Jesus as their Lord and Savior (Luke 5:8). We must therefore seek to know
Him by relating with Him through His word. We must then covenant our life to
walk with God in total and not partial relationship (Genesis 17:1).
This then enrolled us into the desire
to learn of who God is to us, what Christ does for us what we are by right in
God and what is our responsibilities as disciples of Christ. This will cost us
quality time in learning to relate and obey Christ. This will demand our
commitment and devotion to the course of the kingdom of God. By this we will
keep growing from level to level as we learn to be like Him in our attitude and
character. It is then we become and light and are able to help others go
through the process. Then we can stand for Jesus and obey Him in all situation.
Peace.
Prayer:
Lord, give me the grace to totally surrender to you.
“You are
a servant of who you surrender to”
