Ready. Set. Go.

Prayer – Lord, please give us wisdom to understand Your commands and apply them to our lives. 

Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead. And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned." Mark 16:14-16

Go into all the world...
Tell others about Jesus...
the Light of the World.

Meditate. Get ready to “Go.”

 

Ready. Set. Go. How many times have you heard or said those words?

            Jesus told His disciples to Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. He commanded them…and us…to Go. We are directed to get out of where we are in order to go into all the world, outside of our own room or home. Just before He ascended into Heaven Jesus instructed His disciples just where He wanted them to go. Each area was just a little bit further from the previously mentioned area. That gives us the suggestion that we need to do likewise…and go into our neighborhood, our community, our state, the nation…and then into the world. Each person has to decide for themselves just where it is that God wants them to go.

“...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

We are to tell the Good News to everyone. Good News – the Gospel—the truth about Jesus as the Son of God, sacrificed for our sins, and resurrected. He is the ONLY god who died and came back to life. Not Confucius; not Buddha, whom Buddhists believe attained enlightenment; not Tecuciztecatl, an Aztec god; not Hindu Brahman representing all their gods; or Egyptian deities. No other religion has a god that has died and been resurrected. Actually, it is amazing how many gods some of these other religions have in the form of gods to the sun, moon, stars, nature, sea, fire, and a multitude of others. The Good News does not involve any other gods—only our God. God the Father, Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit—the trinity. One God, three parts.

            That resurrection of Jesus Christ is the Good News for us. Without Jesus’ resurrection we would have no hope of a relationship with God or of eternal life with God forever. Hope. That expectation brightens each day…each moment…of believers. Not everyone is comfortable being a “preacher” but each person is called to minister to others and we don’t have to stand before a group of people to tell others about Jesus. We can describe to just one person over coffee or the fence between our yards, telling them what God has done in our lives. Everyone has a story—and if you look for it, you can see where God has been working in your life. Tell someone…anyone about that. One friend of mine is what I consider a grocery store evangelist. As she waits in line at stores, she routinely shares how God has taken care of her. Then she asks what is going on in others’ lives and then if she can pray with them. People are eager to be listened to and to have someone genuinely care about them. It is a ministry for her. Have you ever considered such a ministry for yourself? How do you see God working in your life? Are you listening as He says, “Ready. Set. Go” and challenges you to go tell others about Jesus?

 

Verse of Salvation ~ At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind. Then he told John's disciples, "Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard--the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor. And tell him, 'God blesses those who do not turn away because of me.'" Luke 7:21-23

 

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