John 4:43-54 – Jesus Heals an Officials Son.
- “Get in the Field!”
- The passage supports a key belief to the philosophy of Pais.
- Discipleship does not happen behind a desk.
- Discipleship does not happen behind a pulpit.
- Discipleship does not happen in a church.
- Discipleship does not happen via Skype.
- Discipleship is not simply education.
- Jesus was in Galilee and had declared that a prophet had no honor in his hometown. Without honor there was no faith to believe. Without faith to believe there were no miracles.
- So what was changing?
- The key is in this sentence:
- They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.
- The believed because they saw Him in the field in action.
- Discipleship is not from top to bottom passing on old experiences and education. That is only a slither of it.
- Discipleship is modeling and answering questions about what people see you do.
- We need more leaders who get out into the field, get their hands dirty and model whatever it is that they are trying to pass on to others.
- I love hearing from people like Pete, one of the Pais National Directors as he demonstrates to his teams what it is to recruit people to the cause and Mawunyo another leader in Africa as she spends whole nights praying for her teams.
- Examples that can be seen to play their part.
- As much as I would love to just write and chill out at home I have to get up and get out of my comfort zone.
- As the followers of Jesus began to see what He was able to do away from home – they were able to believe His words.
- Praying I will not be confined by my comfort zone.
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