7 Days on Discipleship—Part 3

One of the most important parts of disciple making is keeping Jesus at the center of it. The reason that this is so important is because when Jesus is not at the center, we tend to become more focused on the results than the relationship.

Let me try and explain it this way: When I am the focus of the discipleship process, then people begin to depend on me for all their answers instead of depending on Jesus. In a sense, I become an idol to those I am discipling…and that’s a bad place to be.

So we have to keep Jesus at the center of everything we do. We’ve talked about this many times…Jesus has to have first place (or the “preeminence”). If He doesn’t, then He’s not what people will see, and people will start worshiping other things rather than God…and that’s not good at all.

How do we keep Christ at the center of everything? It’s a daily discipline (do you see the word “disciple” in that word?) of prayer, reading the Scriptures, and seeing Jesus in all that we do. When that happens, we are able to walk in the ways that God intended us to walk.

We also do it by being intentional about looking for God at work in the world around us. Did you witness a beautiful sunrise this morning? That’s the hand of God! Did you see someone be kind to someone who hurt them? Thanks God at work. Were you able to respond calmly when someone yelled at you? That’s God’s grace in your life. So keep an eye out for those moments…they’re always there. And it will help you keep Christ at the center!

Think about that today! And God bless you!

Supreme

In our day and age, everything we have is supreme. There is a supreme size, supreme shape, supreme pizza, supreme taste…everything comes with an offer of being supreme.

But if we want to know what is truly supreme, we need look no further than Hebrews 1, in which, the author tells us that there is only One who is supreme…and that is Jesus. Throughout his letter, we find that he is comparing Christ to the angels (beats them), to Moses (beats him) and even Melchizedek (beats him, too, even though he was great enough to have Abraham give offerings to him).

Jesus is greater than the supreme pizza from Pizza Hut, and He’s better than any other supreme you can think of. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever! Don’t forget it folks. This same Jesus is not going to relinquish His title of “SUPREME” anytime soon. Why?

First off, He is the creator of all things. And the person who creates is greater than the creation. Therefore, He is far above them. Not only that, but He holds all of these things together…He keeps them from spinning out of control. He’s greater than anything or anyone. If you doubt it, read Colossians 1:15-18 again, and tell me it isn’t so.

So, dear reader, may I make a point here…make sure that your life is in submission the Supreme. Don’t look back or look to one side or the other. Keep on track with Him. Allow Him to have the rule in your life. This is called having Christ as the LORD of your life. It’s important, and we’ll talk about it more tomorrow.

In the meantime, have a great rest of your week, and we’ll see you on Sunday!