"Wanna come with?"

 I remember this time in high school - my senior year - when my youth pastor gave me a real picture of what discipleship means. He probably didn’t think twice about what doing this meant to me. It was at Winter Jam, my second to last hurrah as a youth student, and he was headed to the youth ministers’ meeting that some of the bands held to encourage the ministers, have a time or prayer over the concert, and give a little meet and greet time with some of the artists. He turned to me and asked, “Wanna come?” and I jumped on the opportunity. I had started to feel a calling to youth ministry, and getting to tag along with my youth pastor to meetings like this showed me what being a minister was like. More than any youth sermon, this is what has stuck with me as a picture of discipleship. Discipleship is not just deep bible studies and accountability partners, discipleship is inviting others along in the normal rhythm of life. Several people have told me what doing the work of ministry is like, but the lessons from the ones who show me are the ones that stick.

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