{"id":125233,"date":"2025-02-03T02:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discipleship.org\/?p=125233"},"modified":"2025-02-03T02:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T08:13:01","slug":"when-in-doubt-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discipleship.org\/blog\/when-in-doubt-go\/","title":{"rendered":"When in Doubt, Go."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growing in my intentionality, as both a leader and a disciple-maker, has been one of the more challenging yet rewarding processes of my faith journey. Intentionality requires a clarity of purpose to operate from (the why) as well as a methodology to operate in (the how).<\/p>\n<p>One specific area of intentionality that I have been discipled in and have grown through has been my ability to act intentionally in ministering to others in times of crisis and need. To be quite honest, I was afraid to act in times of crisis and in circumstances in which people were hurting, struggling and in need. I think we can agree that helping others is something we start to embody as Christ followers and lovers of God and others. So, it wasn\u2019t the why of helping in times of crisis and need that I struggled with, it was the how and when that often left me gridlocked and praying that someone else would beat me to the rescue. I wasn\u2019t sure what to say. I didn\u2019t know exactly what they needed, shoot often times the people in crisis don\u2019t know what they need. Is it a good time? Do they want me there? I\u2019ll just text them that I am praying for them and if they need anything to let me know\u2026 they never do. What to do?!..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen in doubt, go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen in doubt, always go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust. Go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as you know, go\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Words I have learned to love and live by from one of the best pastors I know, Evan Meske. Evan helped disciple me as a pastor and he instilled in me a confidence in crisis and times of need through this simple, intentional, predetermined mindset that every pastor, disciple-maker, friend and follower of Jesus should embrace. When people are in need, go. Just go. Be there. Show up. Be present. When you aren\u2019t sure what the right thing to say is or whether it\u2019s the perfect timing or not, just go. As grateful as I was for the coaching and training from Evan, nothing was more impactful than the time that he actually went\u2026 for me.<\/p>\n<p>My appendix was all but ruptured one Sunday morning, our worship services were in full swing, I was about to teach a class on how to study your bible for some of our leaders but instead found myself headed to the ER about to undergo surgery. It was a bit chaotic as you can imagine and before I knew it I was alone waking up in a recovery room in the hospital. My wife was there and was quite unnerved yet thankful I was going to be ok. It was then that Evan walked in. I can\u2019t remember what he said, I couldn\u2019t tell you what time it was, and there wasn\u2019t anything he could do to help my physical condition. None of that mattered at all, and I didn\u2019t care. He was there. He showed up. And that\u2019s all that mattered and all I cared about. It meant the world to me and in that moment, I learned that it means the world to us all in times of crisis and need for someone to simply \u201cgo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evan had shared with me that he has \u201cnever regretted going, not one single time\u201d\u2026 and neither have I.<\/p>\n<p>When in doubt, go<\/p>\n<p>This post originally appeared at: <a href=\"https:\/\/rdn.org\/when-in-doubt-go\/\">When in doubt, go. \u2013 Relational Discipleship Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing in my intentionality, as both a leader and a disciple-maker, has been one of the more challenging yet rewarding processes of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1806,"featured_media":122402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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