ch 20 and en toto Getz Discipline

Here we are hit with some of the reality of living in a material world where it is difficult, if not impossible, to continually dwell in the confession of the Holy Spirit. This is a point which its statement often foresights a disagreement between conversationalists. But, I think we can all agree that, as God calls us, then we respond, some would say without reservation given the Mighty God who is, and others would say to our own frustration if we try to negate what the Spirit has led us to see. So, with that caveat in mind, I would say that when God calls, there is some movement on our part to either become more aligned with what God wills in our life, or, to try and hide ourselves from the truths we dare not entertain. Either direction involves discipline to succeed materially(while only one direction will succeed spiritually). If we are highly disciplined then we can cover a multitude of tactical errors, and with adaptive discipline even work to correct some early errors in strategy, but the thing I see here that Getz seems to ignore is that the correct discipline is not always logical, nor is it easily discerned, but springs eternal from God who gives to each according to his need. So that the important discipline is the one which incorporates the physical turning to God(time and place, Bible study, fellowship, worship, discipleship, ministry, mission, prayer underlining all), the Spiritual awareness of God's manifestation(silence and listening, observing and trusting) and the Spiritual confession of God's Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience. After all this is said and done then we are left with the fact that Jesus himself discipled his disciples and yet they faltered numerous times in their discipleship leaving themselves with the necesstiy to return to the discipler.

Lastly, I would say it would have been nice if Getz had added a chapter telling us what he was going to tell us and/or one telling us what he had told us(the twenty items altogether), but then we do have the scripture references don't we?