Disciples of Christ are a rare breed because…

It requires commitment to be a disciple of Jesus.
It’s guaranteed to be difficult, even painful, and possibly life-threatening.
It’s going to cost you relationships, comforts, pleasures, and status. Count on it.

Jesus said this about becoming a disciple…

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26-27

There is a holy hatred we have to have if we are going to be a disciple of Christ. It’s a hatred toward anything that threatens to come between Jesus and us.

But that is exactly what YOU need to be if…

…you are going to build a legacy of faith in your family that lasts for generations.
…your marriage is going to effectively represent the love Christ has for His bride, the church.
…your life is going to matter, in eternal terms.

Devotion to Christ is what all those things are built on. No excuses. Nothing held back. That is what it will cost you.

Your family is counting on you…

So much is at stake. They need to see that the passion you have for Christ is real. They need to watch as He does His great work in you. That kind of Spirit-led change is what makes spouses take notice. It’s what makes kids buy-in to the faith for themselves. You cannot, can NOT do without a whole-hearted devotion to Jesus.

So… what’s it going to be?

A life like it’s always been… comfortable, normal, unremarkable, eternally insignificant? OR uncomfortable abnormal remarkable and eternally powerful? You have a choice to make. You have a Savior who desires to empower you to do it. You have a family whose future hangs in the balance.

What will it be?

Here’s a video that’s very inspiring to me. It’s by a singer-songwriter named Josh Garrels. Josh gets it. He recognizes that the world we live in is aimed at distracting you and me from the divine calling Jesus has issued to every human being. We have the opportunity to make an eternal difference, and my calling is to sound the wake up call that God wants us to do that through families of faith that endure for generations. Watch Josh’s video and consider this:

Will you be part of the resistance? Will you be one of the Disciples of Christ who rocks the world?