Selling a Dream?

There is a fine line between selling a dream and selling a lie. In our church our pastor is selling a dream. Young men can get married, become a disciple, and get sent out to be a pastor. Unfortunately, we have gotten the cart before the horse. We put priority on discipleship and not enough emphasis on getting married.

Marriage is so important. That is why historically we do not send out single men. Marriage is important on it's own, it is not a ticket to destiny. It needs to be valued and supported on it's own merits.

Trying to think about discipleship as a game or as a program is missing the point. Discipleship is training a young man on how to be a pastor.  You do not get this from a book.  This is perhaps why the third generation sells the farm. They never get to spend time with the pastor who started it all. If discipleship depends on natural gifting and ability that disqualifies most young men who aspire one day to be a pastor. You not only need  a spiritual connection, you also need a personal connection to someone who is a pastor.

Discipleship is a natural outflow of revival. Getting people saved produces a pool of potential young men some of whom may one day become pastors themselves. 

This still is a work of God and not of men. We know how to do this. God knows how to get this done.

My final thought for today. You do not disciple the whole church. You run with the runners.