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Discipleship Focus: In
- In: This is the word we use to express our relationships with our spiritual family. These are often the people who hold us spiritually accountable. They are the ones to whom we typically go for discussion and discernment. These are the ones with whom we learn to share leadership. They are the ones with whom we become family on mission.
In is well-described as the people in our lives that give us
spiritual counsel and whom we trust. They
are important people to us. We all need
people in our life who can speak truthfully and honestly in our life rather
than people who just tell us what we want to hear.
This idea came across to me really well as I read this
chapter. Samuel comes to Bethlehem and
the people are afraid. Now, they aren’t
afraid of his ability to conquer them or physically oppress them. What they are afraid of is Samuel’s ability
to speak truth. They are afraid of
Samuel’s ability to look at how they are living and convict them. They are afraid of Samuel being able to do
what true people of God can do.
So I wonder. How many
people do I have in my life that can challenge me like I should be
challenged? How many people in my life
do I let that kind of truth come into my life through them? Is that something that we as Christians in the
Western World even value anymore? Or do
we want someone who will make us feel good, pat us on the back, and let us live
the way that we want to live?
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