The Competent Crew

For new people entering Morning Star Ministries, a training weekend is held every year. This exists to train everyone on the team, the new guys are taught how to tie knots, act as lookout, hook buoys, and everything else imaginable that is needed to man a sail-boat.

I would be shown a knot, I would try it, I would fail, I would have to ask for help, I would be shown again, I would fail again, and I would ask for help again. This is the cycle of learning that occurred while the weekend was underway. In some ways it was very frustrating. You begin to feel inadequate. You can sometimes feel as though everyone knows what to do but you. This however, was the best example of discipleship I have ever seen. Those who had spent time on the boat would come alongside those who had not and show them what they needed to do.

This was all done so that the captain, Alex, could have a competent crew. How much more should we train those around us in their faith, so that God may have a competent crew?