{"id":256861,"date":"2022-04-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/?p=256861"},"modified":"2023-08-08T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:38:00","slug":"bible-study-inspires-military-in-major-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/blog\/bible-study-inspires-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Study Inspires Military in Major Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a cadet at West Point more than 10 years ago, Major Craig* was focused on academic success. He was content to hold his Christian beliefs as something he had grown up with, but they didn\u2019t really impact his day-to-day life. Then on his first duty assignment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, he had roommates who were Navigators and living out their faith. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThese men helped me understand what it meant to have accountability and to live out the Great Commission,\u201d says Major Craig. \u201cIt was at Lewis-McChord that I started getting up early in the morning to spend time with God. That meant 5 a.m., since we started our work assignments at 6 in the morning. This practice has stayed with me and still is important to my faith life.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A subsequent posting at Fort Riley after he got married, gave Major Craig and his wife the opportunity to be discipled by a Navigator couple. This helped his wife share in the vision of what it could look like to have a ministry mindset as part of a military family career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now back at West Point as an instructor, Major Craig is active in spiritually mentoring cadets as the officer-in-charge of Navigators. One of the cadets, Calvin*, is the son of a Navigators Military<\/a> family whom Major Craig met while he was at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calvin was asked by Major Craig to lead a Bible study during his junior year. Initially he was unsure about whether he had enough Bible knowledge to lead. \u201cI talked to my father about leading a study,\u201d says Calvin. \u201cHe reminded me that teaching is one of the best ways to learn, and that being challenged is a great way to grow in my faith. I decided to step up and lead. Our schedule is pretty intense, but unless I invest in my faith, I won\u2019t keep growing spiritually.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRAY<\/strong> for continued growth and depth among the cadets and faculty involved in Navigators Military at West Point. Pray<\/strong> that cadets will catch the vision for how fulfilling the Great Commission can be part of their daily life in a military career.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

*Names changed<\/sub><\/p> \t