6:15 PM | Intentional Discipleship -- the spark of revival.
Recently, I attend a seminar on Discipleship. A sentence that can conclude what I've leart is that "There can be no student without a teacher. No master without an apprentice, and of course no mentor without a mentee, no leader without a disciple". I've decided to challenge all you Sec3's there who have read my previous post and feels that they have to a high percentile complete the few areas which I mention, with a brand new exprience. Get yourself a disciple.
Not those disciple who does your beck and call. But those who are willing to learn from you. Those who look up to you. Those who are keen to better hone their qualities. But first before you start off with this gigantic mission of yours. YOU need to be quipped by several main issues.
There are several CORE VALUES you need to know before even thinking of embarking on this journey.Differences between Convetional Values and Core Values.
CONVECTIONAL VALUES
Forcing followers
Succesful end-product are valued
20% do 80%'s work
Laity Led -- Clergy Driven
( led by popularity not by principles)
" How many do we groom?"
Set expectations
Core Values
Attracting and persuading followers
Successful process and maturing products are valued.
20% inspires 80% to do the work
Clergy Led -- Laity Driven
( Population respects the leaders' choice )
"What kind of people are we grooming?"
Believes that the potential one has will drive him/her up.
Clergy leading or Laity Leading remains to be one of the hardest thing to achieve in our society be it economically or our own school context. Its hard as a leader to implement changes or policies that unsettles the population morale or faith, as many always find a compromise between it and the compromises mostly leads to disasterous chain event. As for the minority inspiring the majority, it doesnt mean that the minority is slacking or whatsoever, it simply means that they always focus on a much more difficult issue then the minor ones.
By searching for the "someone" to teach, we first have to also know what we are IMPERFECT in nature. We are all striving towards perfection or improvement. Therefore, you should not only tell the person who is following you to tell you of your faults but remind him or her not to learn from your faults.
How then can you guage your commitment? By commiting yourself to:
--Reduce the gap
--Concentrating on PERSONAL GROWTH
--Getting over Life's Transition ( problems )
--Getting the person to multiply after you.
As a parting shot, I'll give you guys 3 last phrases to start of your own conviction and personal changes before you go on and influence our school's population for the years to come
THINK BIG! START SMALL, BUT KICK OFF DEEP -- do it with conviction.
--Isaac
