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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if it really did mean laying down your life to follow Jesus? You are aware it does happen like that in some times and places. But this time and place? It's just so hard to picture 1st Century Church persecution from a 21st Century Western Church vantage point.
Today, let's look at the moment it first happened. The day that it became clear "laying down your life and picking up a cross" was more than figurative language from Jesus. The day that Saul stood in approval over the dead body of Stephen. The day a dark zeal formed an intention to kill again. Watch what happens as you read it though. Disciples scattered. With that Disciple-Making spread.
Instead of jumping past their world as too different from ours, sit with the story long enough to catch a Disciple-Maker's vision of persecution. What does persecution look like today? What vision do you need of persecution, that will make it another occasion to spread Disciple-Making instead of tucking yourself away in hiding?
About this Plan
A Disciple-Maker life takes Disciple-Maker Vision. My growth, my Jesus, my discipleship has its place center stage, but it's not the only thing on the stage. No theater runs with a cast of individuals buried in their own script, waiting for their own queues. It takes cast members that see everyone else's part, see the props and pieces to hold, see the overall plot and the scenes that build it, see the audience whom all this is for, and see the director from whom all things come. It's the same with Jesus in the great dramatic unfolding of his kingdom come and his gospel for all. You probably started with fixating on your part, which is normal and expected. The time comes when you see the rest. Every Disciple is to become a Disciple-Maker. These next forty days are for shifting your Vision to that of a Disciple-Maker. More than nuggets of wisdom, this devotional aims to set you up with an open-ended dialog with Jesus. Be ready to sit in scripture and prayer long enough for something new to be formed with him.
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