The Worship of Discipleship

Proverbs 16-18; Romans 12 

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.”

Romans 12:1

Writing to a culture full of temples, carnal worship, and controlled by fear of the gods, Paul urged discipleship as the worshipful response to those who have received God’s mercy and call to salvation. This discipleship is not for a few vestal virgins or cultic priests, but for all men and women who are cleansed with Christ’s blood and filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Our bodies become the temples in which the fire of God’s presence burns. We are being made holy even as we choose to pursue holiness out of reverence for God. 

The enemy is still seeking to defile the bodies of God’s servants; however, in view of God’s mercy, will we offer our bodies to him?

Will we choose to guard our thoughts by actively resisting the lies and lustful thoughts of the enemy in Jesus’ name?

Our discipleship is as much a non-conformism as it is a person we follow. We are resisting the pattern and ways of this world and embarking the pattern and ways of Jesus. This is our worship of discipleship.

“Lord Jesus, I offer you my body, mind, and being today, as worship and witness, for your glory.”