Am I a disciple?

Last weekend I went to a women's conference and heard from Jen Hatmaker. To be honest, I usually despise women's conferences because usually they are quite frankly--pretty lame. The messages are usually centered around some super-emotional, cheesy, "Jesus-wants-you-to-make-your-American-dream-come-true" type of message that is neither challenging nor often--may I say-- biblical. However, this women's conference was different, thanks to Jen Hatmaker. Jen challenged the church's definition of disciple. She posed the question: Would your life look any different without Christ?

Her teaching reminded me a little of Craig Groschel's Christian Atheist. Christian Atheist can be summed up in what Craig characterizes the American Church as "believing in God but living as if He doesn't exist."

Its amazing to see the message that I believe is being promulgated in the American church. Is your relationship with Christ transforming your life? If you believe in Christ as the Savior of the world, and confess Him with your mouth-- is your life transformed by your relationship with Him?

Am I becoming more like Christ because of the work that He is doing in my heart?

Am I caught up in the American Dream and trying to fit Christ into that lifestyle?

Do I live like a disciple of Christ as seen in the bible?

This weekend, Jen explained what a disciple of a Rabbi would look like in the time of Jesus. A disciple would literally be the rabbi's shadow: mimic his every move, talk like him, walk like him, follow him where ever he went--even so much as following the rabbi to the bathroom... yea, gross.

If I call myself a disciple of Jesus, do I follow Him in the same way?

Constantly relying, constantly listening, constantly following Him where He leads.