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Discipleship Focus: Calling, Capacity, Character, Chemistry, Competency
- Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.
- Capacity asks whether or not the person has the time in their life to obey God.
- Character asks whether or not a person have the interior spiritual life needed to be obedient to God.
- Chemistry asks whether the person in question can work with the other people that God has called.
- Competency asks whether or not the person has the readiness to be obedient to God’s will.
The 5 C’s
are a means of looking for spiritual leadership. In order for a person to successfully follow
God’s directive, each of these characteristics should be present. It takes Calling, Capacity, Character,
Chemistry, Competency in some form to obey.
Within
this opening story of Noah, we can clearly see each of these aspects, although
some are admittedly more prominent than others.
Certainly Noah is called; God clearly speaks to Noah about His
plan. Noah has capacity as he is able to
seemingly drop his life’s work and dedicate his life to the building of this
large boat. Noah has the character he
needs as he is willing to obey God’s specifications regardless of how the
people around him may have reacted to his actions. Noah has the chemistry needed to work with
others, although admittedly the people with whom he’s working is his own
family. Noah has the competency to
accomplish the task as at the end of this chapter we can see that the ark is
constructed and ready to be used. Noah
has what it takes to be obedient to God.
We can
obey God. But it is always easier to be
obedient to God when our Calling, Capacity, Character, Chemistry, Competency
increase. The greater we have these
characteristics within us, the more likely we will obey and be successful in
our obedience while not wrestling with what God has asked us to do.
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