I have a portfolio
filled with diplomas, certificates, and awards for accomplishing many programs
of learning and training I have taken throughout my years of preparing myself
for this and that. I would begin the class,
do the work, pass the test, and then I was prepared to go forth and do what I
was to do. If it wasn’t an official
program of learning I would consider the 10,000 hours makes an expert
rule. Whatever route I took the concept
was I was ready to go out on my own, doing my thing that I had spent time
preparing for, and I should feel a sense of confidence because of the
accomplishments I had made.
I have noticed
something different in Jesus’ method of schooling and training for his
disciples. His first words are “follow me”
and his last words are “follow me”; they are not the words I heard, “go out and
do your thing.” In the economy of God’s
kingdom Jesus’ disciples may go out to teach, lead, and serve, but it is always
as a disciple of Jesus, a follower of Jesus, and a servant of Jesus; it is not
of ourselves or by ourselves.
My aim in life is
not self sufficiency. I will never
“Master Divinity”, no matter what the diploma says. My confidence comes from communion with God
and being obedient to the Spirit of Truth; following Jesus and walking in his
Presence, observing and teaching all he commanded. I can do nothing on my own which is why Jesus
promises his Presence and the power of the Holy Spirit who works in me and
through me.
My aim in life is
to follow Jesus as his disciple and allow his life to flow through mine. The only diploma, certificate, or award I
want at the end of my life is to hear him say, “Well done, good and faithful
servant.”
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