Discipleship (cont.)

Genesis 6:9 - “This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.” - NLT

Last month we began our two month series on Discipleship. What does it really mean to be a follower of Jesus? Hard to imagine that I could give you a Scripture passage about Noah and it would help us understand what it means to follow Jesus, but here we go.

Noah was the only blameless person living the earth at the time God chose him to build the ark. Most Biblical scholars and researchers estimate the construction spanned anywhere from 50 to 75 years. Noah was already following God, but during this time of doing what God asked of him, Noah was treading on ground that had never been. For 75 years Noah was building a boat (no one had heard of a boat), and was waiting for a flood (no one knew what a flood was).

Can you imagine what it must feel like to go that long with no definition of what you were doing, and trusting that God was in charge and you were simply following orders? Noah was a great example of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We are not called to understand what Jesus desires from us, but to simply follow the teacher, our rabbi, and do as He does.

There will be times in our lives in which the direction seems pointless, or even impossible, but if we are truly in relationship with God, through Jesus, one day it will all make sense. We simply need to trust Him! This might be the most difficult thing about discipleship. Taking a leap of faith, going “all in” to follow Jesus where He leads us, and letting Him lead us into strange and crazy dreams for His name sake.

​I pray that this month we are willing participants in following Jesus! - Pastor Mike