The Foundation of Discipleship

"We must be changed in the ordinary aspects of life; for if we are not, the failures in the ordinary will undermine all of our grand works. This is what we have been struggling with all along; it has not been in the extraordinary that we have failed usually, but in the ordinary parts of life. When we disciple others to seek the grand achievements, we are not only neglecting what they need in the ordinary, we are also inflating their pride. We can be doing more harm than good as we communicate a distorted image of discipleship.

The Sermon on the Mount is about discipleship in the ordinary parts of life. This is in contrast to most of what we think discipleship to be. We see discipleship in great actions, or in great experiences, or in great depth. But Jesus taught about the ordinary challenges of life. Our house must be built on a rock; the lowest level of the structure must rest on something solid."

Excerpt from "The Foundation of Discipleship" by Greg Whitten, [angiken@gmail.com] or Basic Christianity