Everyday Discipleship

Apr 6

What you do every day matters and has impact. I believe God places us where He needs us right now. That might mean it is so we can help be a part of someone else’s growth, perhaps for our own growth, or many times both. We are not where we are by accident. Our attitude about our place in life, and how we steward our time there, makes all the difference.

When I owned my Synergy Kettlebell Training business, evangelism and discipleship were woven in what I did every day. What I did each day was not merely helping people get fit and living healthier lives. I saw it as a responsibility that was much greater for God’s Kingdom. I regularly shared the Gospel and had great spiritual conversations with my staff team and gym members. People would come to us desperate, broken, and at the lowest of lows seeking help in hopes that a physical transformation is what they needed. We viewed the physical as a platform for Christ so that the transformation has the opportunity to become eternal.

It started with a seed being planted in their heart. Whatever that seed was, motivated them to become part of my life.

God places seeds in our heart and we first need to develop a root system that goes deep enough to allow the seed to grow so it bears fruit. See the Parable of the Seeds here: Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, and Luke 8:4-15.

What have you been doing to nurture the seed God planted within your heart?

What you are doing has purpose.

1 Corinthians 10:31-33 says, So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, so that they may be saved.

“Paul says that through living in a Christ-honoring way among unbelievers in the world — in the context of our jobs, communities, trips to the grocery store, and everything else we do in everyday life — the light of the Gospel shines through our behavior, with the result that some people come to faith” (Perman, 2014, p. 318).

When we direct our attention to productivity for the Gospel rather than trying to fit God into what we do, then the outcome is vastly different.

Our focus ought to be Kingdom minded in everything we do. When we make Christ the center of everything we do, no matter what that is, to make God and His Gospel known into every aspect of our lives, then the Great Commission will be experienced. The good that we do will be for a singular purpose of affecting our friends, our family, our community, and our society for positive influence.

I think it starts with how we view what we are doing every day is able to be effective for God’s Kingdom. Much like when I was in my business, God had me right where He needed me during that season of my life and He has you doing exactly what you are doing, with whom you do it, for a purpose that you might not yet even know.