Luke's Gospel

So I've been reading Luke's Gospel during my devotionals as of late. I've chosen to go through Luke because it appears that Luke writes to a man of power and position. While I do not have these I feel my current life setting has more to do with rich men of that day than it does with the other Gospels, not that they do not speak to me. I just thought I would read through Luke and let it challenge me as a privileged young man in a very wealthy county. So today I was excited to find out that the Singles Blog for Saddleback Church is doing a devotional set for the Christmas Story for Luke. When you have a chance you might want to check it out. It'll be very interesting to be challenged again by this story.

Discipleship

Recently I have been immersing my self in multiple books on discipleship. And as I am working on the most current book, Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden, I came across something I wanted to share. Here is a quote from the book discussing discipleship from Jesus perspective. As you read this I want you to remember that discipleship is not optional from Jesus perspective. When we acknowledge Jesus as Lord that is not simply as word. But it is filled with meaning. Lord means that he has control over all of who we are. We must be whole devoted to him and his ways. We cannot be on the fence "for what does light have to do with darkness." There should be no such thing as a Christian who does not participate in discipleship. This is not only for the super-Christian, it is for the average Joe. Peter, James and John all were mere fisherman. They were average Joe of their world. And look what Jesus helped them to become.

"Everything centers on him, his person. Discipleship means knowing him, loving him, believing in him, being committed to him.' The message was enfleshed and inseparable from who he was. 'Jesus' leadership development of his under-shepherds was not so much a course or a curriculum as it was a shared life.'"