Not everyone in our office drinks coffee and with one of those individuals gone this week making a
whole pot of coffee just seems like a waste, so this morning I changed things up a little bit and got my
coffee from our Keurig at our church coffee bar. The hope was that I could get my own cup fast and get
upstairs to write this article. I waited for the spinning wheel to stop and tell me the water was
ready…and it preheated, preheated, preheated…and preheated, and preheated. After a few minutes of
preheating I noticed that there was no water in the machine.

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and
follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 9:23-34

There are many times we expect Discipleship to work the same way, we wait and wait and wait and
wonder why our spiritual lives don’t ever move beyond lukewarm. Most of those times we fail to put
ourselves in the right place to be disciple. You have to show up to church, show up to read you bible,
show up and share your faith with the lost if you ever expect your spiritual cup to boil. Are you
Showing Up?
RH