discipline...

Discipline has been on my mind a lot lately. To bring order out of chaos, there has to be discipline - mind, body, and spirit. I believe discipline and discipleship are interchangeable. My life is discipleship: discipling my family, the kids in my ministry, our masters commission students, families under my pastoral care, and most importantly being discipled myself. It is never ending. It is the circle of life, always growing; always learning; always changing; always challenging yourself in becoming better than you were before.

The crazy thing is that it becomes overwhelming at times in good and bad ways. There are high times where you look back and see how much you have developed. Then there are seemingly low times where you look ahead and see how much more there is to go! But it is the passion of seeing discipleship unfold before your eyes that keeps you striving. striving to grow, striving to learn, striving to change.

Lord, as an individual, as a husband, as a friend, as a pastor... help me to become more and more disciplined in your ways. So that I can then, go and make disciples of all nations as you have commanded. Help us all Lord, to bring discipline in all aspects of our lives so that we can truly bring order out of chaos. Amen.