Go… and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
Matthew 28:19-20

A disciple is one who sits at the feet of a particular teacher to learn from him. He listens to his teacher carefully, asks him questions, and carries out exercises assigned by the teacher to help him understand what he is being taught. Discipleship is a way of learning in the context of a close, personal relationship with the teacher.

The Lord Jesus commissioned us to make disciples, not of ourselves, but of Him.

Being a disciple of Jesus is a life-long process. We don’t graduate from Disciple School, get our “Discipled Degree,” and move on to set up our own school. We are all, together, lifelong disciples of one Teacher.

We don’t become disciples of Jesus by finding ways to “improve on” what He commanded but by observing everything that He commanded. So we are constantly going back to the Book to see what exactly it was that He said and then carrying out the “practical application exercises” that He assigns us, day by day.

We make a disciple by introducing him to our Teacher and teaching him to do the same thing we do: observe what Jesus commanded and follow the steps to apply it in his own “today’s practical application exercise,” assigned to him by the Lord Himself.

Lord Jesus, thank You for the people who introduced me to You and made me Your disciple. Guide me now in the practical application assignments You hand me. Walk me through them today, I pray. Amen.

Pastor Dan Giles