Between the Alter and the Door?
Tonight our church took about 50 people to a Casting Crowns concert. It was great, I love their music not just because of the beat but because of the message in the lyrics. They are truthful and challenging. They hit me right where I am. I have spent many hours thinking and praying about discipleship and how to raise up a generation of Christ followers in Demopolis. I want to see the students and families in our ministry grow and walk closer to the Lord every day. But so many things crowd our view. We get distracted so easily with school, family problems, sports, friends, activities and we forget what it means to walk with God. We fill our lives with so many things that we cannot make it from the alter (our time of corporate worship with God) to the door (where our life meets the things we have experienced and learned spiritually). Sometimes we crowd out God because we don’t want to hear what He is saying and other times it is because we just want more things to do because we are supposed to be busy. But that is not true, we need to slow down and allow God to work in our lives.
So how does discipleship happen, I think it takes a desire and a willingness. It is my prayer that we will see students and parents begin to desire a closer walk with each other and with God and be willing to take the steps to make it happen. We need some small groups who can meet and pray together and look at God’s Word, and hold each other accountable. We need moms and dads who will be willing to read the Word with their families and pray with them. We need individuals who are willing to walk daily with God in prayer and reading the Word to lead these groups. We need revival.
How is God working in your life at this moment?
Are you walking with God?
Are you being discipled or discipling someone else?
How can you make keep what happened at the alter when you walk out the door?
