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Change Is Here To Stay !

As a Church our aim is to be disciples of Christ…but what does a disciple really look like?

The dictionary will tell you that a disciple is “a person who is a pupil of the doctrines of another; a follower”. I don’t know about you but as soon as the word pupil is mentioned I’m taken back to my school days of sitting in a classroom trying to take in and retain lots of new information. A pupil is going through a time of learning and development, a pupil is not a finished product.  Exactly the same goes for us as disciples (pupils) of Christ!

As a disciple we are on a continuing journey of development and change. We can’t claim to have learnt all there is to know or developed as much as we can. Colossians 1:10(B) says “all the while you will grow as you learn to know God better and better”.   One thing we know for sure that a disciple looks like is that they are always changing.

We see this illustrated so many times in the modern world, take Apple Inc for example. Apple are a world class produces of computers, their technology and style are up the top of list for 21st century consumer electronics but the company was set up over 30 years ago so what keeps them at the top of their game? Apple realise that to maintain performance in such a competitive business they have to keep re-inventing themselves. They don’t change the focus of their business, they don’t change to selling clothes instead of electronics, they stay true to their purpose but just change how it is presented |& how it performs!

As 21st century disciples of Christ we don’t need to change our core beliefs! We don’t need to move into a new experimental religion – but we do need to update sometimes the way we think and the way we do things!

Brain Houston of Hillsong Church once said “the message doesn’t change but the methods do”  and he’s absolutely right!

Maybe you’ve got some ways of living that need updating! Perhaps some of your mindsets or patterns of thinking are just old! What we have to realise as Christians is that if we are going to be a true reflection of Christ, if we are really going to live the life of a committed, effective disciple in the 21st century then there is one thing we have to understand and put in to practice in our lives….Change is here to stay!

Ben Dowding

Associate Minister

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