It full team meeting for YFC today. This means all national staff gather to pray, worship, share what is happening, be involved in training etc etc. It’s nearly the summer so this one ended with a BBQ at Roy Crowne’s house where we said goodbye to a few people.

I was struck and challenged in our worship time today as we looked at what a disciple was. I won’t go into massive detail but just give you an idea.

I learned that Rabbi’s only chose the best of the best to be their disciples. Disciples are more than followers, they are imitators. They do not want to just follow their rabbi, they actually want to be like him.

When a rabbi was selecting his disciples, he would have one consideration: ‘Has this kid got what it takes to do what I do?’ If so, he would ask him to ‘Come and follow me’
The rabbi was saying, I think you have what it takes to be like me, to continue what I do. In other words … I believe in you.

Jesus chose his disciples because he thought they could do what he did. His simple ‘Come follow me’ to them was saying ‘I believe in you’.

His simple ‘come follow me’ to me says

‘I believe in you’.

Today I have been massively challenged and humbled.