Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)

One of the people most admired by Charles Swindoll is Dawson Trotman, who died after helping to rescue two drowning girls. Says Swindoll:

“When Dawson Trotman passed away he probably left a legacy of discipleship on this earth that will never be matched except perhaps in the life of Jesus Christ Himself. I’ve become a real student of Dawson Trotman and believe wholeheartedly in the methods of discipleship that he taught and emulated throughout his days. He died in Schroon Lake, New York. He died of all things in the midst of an area that he was expert in–he drowned. He was an expert swimmer. The last few moments he had in the water he lifted one girl out of the water. He went down and got the other girl and lifted her out of the water and then submerged and was not found again until the dragnet found him a few hours later...Time ran an article on Trotman’s life the next week, and they put a caption beneath his name which read, Always holding someone up! In one sentence, that was Trotman’s life–investing in people...holding them up!”

Discipleship is not having others follow you as much as it is lifting others up to see God and then serving them so they can follow wholeheartedly.

God or love and mercy, may we be willing to lift those around us so that they might see Your power, might and love!