I’ve been thinking for a while about what it means to follow Jesus as rabbi. We talk about Jesus as Lord and as friend and as comforter a fair bit. But what does it mean to be disciples following a teacher?
A few days ago one of my teammates led a reflection on the story of Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead and stopping on the way to heal the bleeding woman [Mark 5:21-43]. We all got to act as various people in the story, and I was a disciple.
My main observation was that the story is not about the disciples.
In fact, they don’t really do anything. The only thing they say is basically beside the point. It is common sense from the world’s perspective, but it isn’t part of Jesus’ perspective.
It was a good reminder that following Jesus means the story is not about us. We get to be part of an incredible story, but perhaps our role has more to do with listening, following, and being there than it does with being the center of attention.
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i have been making my friends read this post because of how much i liked it and how convicting it is that our lives are not our own. hope you are well.
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