Author: Mike Shaughnessy, from the Servants of the Word, an international, ecumenical brotherhood of men living single for the Lord.
Get on the best team you can find
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17))
Who doesn’t want to be on a great team? When you join a team with good players, your game improves, especially when you play together a lot.
The Christian life is the same. Iron sharpens iron. When you hang around strong Christians your own faith improves. Your “walk” improves. You tend to talk about your faith more, the Scripture more, God more. The same thing is true about discerning God’s will for your life. If you participate in a small group where one of the topics of conversation is, “What is God saying to you? How is he leading you?” You will find that your ability to discern the mind of God for your own life improves. You learn to identify how God reveals things for you to do or work on.
It’s a lot like a coal fire. If you want the fire to die out all you have to do is separate the coals. If you want the fire to burn hot and bright, you put the coals together. Even the “burnt-out” coals reignite. One of the best ways to improve in discerning God’s will is joining the right spiritual team. Join the eagles not the worms. Find other radical Christians and join them.
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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