The measure of a disciple maker

"Go and make disciples...teaching them to obey everything I have commanded..."

Many of us are leaders. We lead bible studies, lifegroups, or Sunday school classes. We are leaders in the youth group, leaders in the childrens ministry. We make disciples, right?

The command to make disciples involves teaching our disciples to obey everything Jesus commanded which includes the command to make disciples. So if we have not taught, encouraged, and enabled our disciples to make disciples themselves, then we have failed to obey the Great Commission.

The question we need to ask ourselves is not, "Am I helping people grow spiritually?" it is "Am I helping others to help others grow spiritually?". That is the measure of a disciple maker.