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"You know what good, O man is, and what more does the Lord require of you than to act gently, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God?" ~ Micah 6:8

Discipleship does not depend upon our skills and our abilities. Our call to become disciples (to follow Jesus) does not have a prerequisite attached to it that we must first be qualified, trained, and approved. No, there are only two things that Jesus requires of us to become His disciples: 1) deny yourself, and 2) take up your cross and follow.

Act Gently:

To deny ourselves is not to live a life in sackcloth and ashes, but to put God's will ahead of our own self-satisfying agenda; to deny that we are in control, and to deny that we have the power and/or the authority to fix things.

Love Mercy:

To take up our cross is to understand that as disciples of Christ, we are condemned to death of self; that we are dead to the world, but that we are alive in Christ. We live in the world, but we are not of the world.

Walk Humbly With Your God:

And finally, we must follow. To follow implies that we are not to lead; that we are to go wherever our Master leads us; that we are not to question the path taken. We simply follow and trust that our Master knows where He is leading us and that we will rest in glory along side Him.

Following Jesus is simple. It's kind of like what the offensive lineman said in an interview after winning the Super Bowl: "This is just a game of blocking and tackling; it ain't rocket surgery!"

~ Glenn Miller, Copyright 2013 by Glenn W. Miller, Reproduction permitted for non-commercial use only.

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