Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken. This beatitude cannot be found in Matthew 5’s listing, but it certainly has clear biblical principle behind it.

Dr. David Schroeder, in his study on discipleship, asserts that discipleship is not so much about the development of disciplines as it is about the development of character traits. One he identifies, that Jesus sought to build in the life of his disciples, was flexibility.

Jesus certainly was flexible. He was frequently altering his schedule to accommodate the needs of others. On his way to heal a child, a woman interrupted him for a special request, and he met her need.

In the middle of a sermon on Capernaum, Jesus was interrupted by a demonized man and stopped his teaching to deliver him (Luke 4). Jesus modeled flexibility.

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