Discipleship what??

I was reading in Matthew 25 and was struck anew by a story that many of us know, the story of the three servants. As soon as I read 25:29 I was struck. "To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who are unfaithful, even what little they have will be taken away."(NLT) This is extremely challenging to me and hopefully challenging to all of you. I am interpreting this in a minsitry and personal sense. As disciplers it is our job to challenge our disciples in spiritual formation and to make sure that we are building them up as not only faithful followers of Christ, but as workers for Christ(which will come naturally as they are truly living for Christ in a personal way). I am thinking of this servant who was only given one bag of gold. You must invest this bag of gold in the bank(discipleship and disciplines), so that the bag of gold gains interest(them making a disciple themselves). But, if you are unfaithful with this task even what little you have(1 disciple) will be taken away. As disciplers we must be disciplined ourselves and following hard after God as disciplined warriors. If we are not then how can we train someone to do the same. Luke 6:40 says, "A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone, when fully trained, will be like his teacher." So, what is your disciple going to look like when fully trained? With discipleship comes discipline in itself, meaning that we have to meet weekly, if you can't, try and schedule another time during the week, we should never go more than one week without meeting. I

Also, we have to pray continuously for our disciples that they would learn to follow the Spirit of God and have discernment to hear His voice. Let's not bury the bags of gold, that God is giving us, in the ground, but invest them for a phenominal return. God is depending on us to work for Him, let's be the good and faithful servants that He wants us to be. Not only will your disciples be blessed, but you will be blessed to see the awesome transformation of God in your own life!!!