Life as an Apprentice
Integrate Your Old Life Into the New Life Jesus Has Given You
Message from Pastor Tim:
Have you ever heard of Andrea del Verrocchio? Unless you are up on your Renaissance artists and sculptors, you probably haven’t. As it turns out del Verrocchio is probably more famous for the artist he taught rather than the artist he was.
Sometime around 1467, del Verrocchio accepted Leonardo da Vinci as his apprentice. Da Vinci spent five years apprenticing and another five years working in del Verrocchio’s shop in Florence where he sharpened the skills that would give him a name recognized the world over—even 700 years after his death.
What does an apprentice do? Through an online search, I found a general definition I really like:
“An apprentice is someone learning how to do a specialized job through on-the-job training, under the guidance of an experienced colleague.”
Now compare the above definition of an apprentice to how Jesus describes the job of a disciple in John 12:25-26:
“Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who
serves me.”
The question of course is, “But how? Jesus, I want to apprentice with you but I don’t know how to even begin.”
In Life As An Apprentice, I share a 30,000-foot. birds-eye view of what it looks like in real and practical ways to be an apprentice of Jesus.
We will discuss the power of expectations, having an alive faith, developing fruitful habits, growing deep relationships, finding emotional healing, and serving in your own unique way.
This course is about setting realistic exceptions for the often slow process of integrating your old life into the new life Jesus has given you.
Yours In The Journey,
Pastor Tim
About Pastor Tim Carson
A lot of people living in Florida are from somewhere else. I’m no different. I’m a Pittsburgh boy, born and raised. I’m number four of five children who grew up in a Roman Catholic family.
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My faith came alive as a teenager when I was introduced to a personal relationship with Jesus through the ministry of YoungLife. For all my life, I have found God to be so faithful, surprisingly and delightfully faithful.
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Of my many church roles throughout the years, my favorites have been as a Youth Director, Church Planter, and Pastor. But my all-time favorite roles in life are as a husband, a dad, and a granddad. I am happily married to Cindy and we have four grown children and six grandchildren—all of whom, by God’s grace, are really good humans.
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As I have walked this life, I have continuously found myself drawn to what a deeper, richer, more integrated, healthier relationship with Jesus practically looks like. How do we do this thing called faith in real life? How do we find healing and wholeness from the brokenness of this world so that we bring glory to God and do what we were put here to do? Answering those questions for myself and others has been the story of my journey as an apprentice to the Great Shepherd of our souls.