Seth Barnes Jul 28, 2006 8:00 PM

What is your “one thing”?

If you saw the movie “City Slickers” you’ll remember Curly who tells Billy Crystal's character that he needed to...

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If you saw the movie “City Slickers” you’ll remember Curly who tells Billy Crystal's character that he needed to learn what his “one thing” is. That is, he needed to focus his energies around the one thing that he felt compelled to do in life, the one thing that he was good at.

My one thing is discipleship. Jesus said before he left the earth that our job is to go and make disciples of all nations. He didn’t say to go and get them to say a prayer of salvation or to go and get people to go to church and tithe their money and be good. He said to make disciples. It’s a good idea to make this your one thing.

If you’ve got something else that you really love to do, that’s OK, God will help you combine it with disciplemaking. Maybe you’re like Peter – you love to fish. You’ve got all the right spinning lures, you know how to cast a fly without wrapping it around a tree. Jesus said, “follow me, I’ll make you fishers of men.”

Lots of stay-at-home moms use their role as a platform to not only disciple their kids, but their neighbors and peers. This was my mom's ministry for years.

I’ve got a friend, Stu Johnson, who loves to carve wood. He started a wood carving business and hires prisoners so that he can disciple them and help integrate them back into society.

That’s a good pattern - combine what you love to do with discipleship – make that your one thing.

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