[Ed. Note: For more articles like this one, check out the latest 9Marks Journal on Discipling in the Church.]
I was not sure what discipling was supposed to look like, but I was certain it did not look like what I was doing.
“I must have it all backwards,” I thought as I closed the door behind
the poor sister who had given up an hour of her life to come and be
discipled.
“I am a mess. I have no idea what I’m doing here. There certainly
wasn’t any ‘teaching’ going on with my crazy hooligan children and my
heart in a bad place toward my husband. I shouldn’t be teaching anyone.
I’m the one who needs discipling! God, what would you have me do?”
I mumbled all this half aloud as I walked back into the kitchen to finish making dinner.
FINDING STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS
Little did I know how God would use this situation, along with many
other similar ones, to teach me a great deal about his purposes in my
life. Little did I know how God would turn my weaknesses into strength.
During this season my husband and I, both in our thirties, found
ourselves thrust into the category of “older people” in our church. I
searched for a woman who might be able to encourage me spiritually as we
muddled through some challenging times, but God had other plans.
Instead of granting this desire, he grew my passion for discipling.
Gradually I learned that it was less about me doing the right thing and
more about me obeying God’s command to “teach the younger women” (Tit. 2:4).
I found God frequently brought women into my life who were younger in
either age or spiritual maturity and who were desperate for someone to
help them learn how to love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind,
and strength (Deut. 6:4-9). Continue at Erin Wheeler
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