What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? Well to be a disciple of anyone or anything means to accept their principles and beliefs as truth and help to spread this truth among others.
I believe there is a special time and place where each person has the opportunity to commit themselves to Christ. Seeds of His truths get planted in so many each and every day through Scripture, and through the encouragement and words of others.
Many of us have had this moment in time where we maybe hit rock bottom—trying to do life on our own terms and through our own power. In this moment, you realized you could not do things alone anymore. We will all fail without the grace, forgiveness, and mercy of God.
Christianity often gets a bad rap because those within the church or who say they are believers do not live like it. To repent and turn away from the sin of what you used to do and instead do what God wants you to do can be difficult.
God loved you so much He gave. What did He give? Everything! He gave His one and only Son to live a sinless life and still die on a cross for your sins and mine. It doesn’t seem fair that an innocent man had to die. But God knew this would be the plan all along.
He knew we would struggle in this life and at some point realize we needed something more than ourselves to survive. You see God didn’t create you and leave you to fend for yourself. He created you with the promise He would always be with you.
The presence of God is all around us. It’s in the sunrise every morning and the rain storms of the afternoon. He’s in the good times and the bad as well as the sunset every evening. Even when you don’t feel Him, God is there helping you through.
So if God gave up what He valued the most to save you, what is stopping you from giving up the things you hold close to follow and live for Him? For you cannot truly call yourself a follower of Christ if you have not willingly given up your own agenda for His.
