Discipleship - Faith

“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Galatian’s 5:26

It could be said that discipleship is walking the Jesus way. A father and son arrived in a small town looking for an uncle whom they had never seen. Suddenly, the father, pointing across the square to a man who was walking away from them, exclaimed, “There goes my uncle!”

His son asked, “How do you know when you have not seen him before?”

“Son, I know him because he walks exactly like my father.”

If we walk in the Spirit, the world should know us by our walk.

According to John’s gospel, Jesus was quite clear that he was the way the truth and the life. Later in the early church the followers of Jesus were known as people of the way. It is one thing to see the way, another to know of the one who leads the way, but another to follow. 

A disciple has been shown to be someone who follows the teachings, life, and aim of another until the person becomes like the master. Discipleship in the Christian sense is the process of learning to become like Christ. The disciple of Christ is to become like Christ in everything.

“Christian discipleship is a decision to walk in his ways, steadily and firmly, and then finding that the way integrates all our interests, passions, and gifts, our human needs and eternal aspirations. It is the way of life we were created for.”― Eugene H. Peterson

Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit. I strive to live and walk in the Holy Spirit. Open my ears so I hear your call. Open my mind so I understand your will. Guide me down the path of righteousness. Use the Holy Spirit to build me into a disciple of God. Amen.