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Turning the light on to see the Great Commission is going to show much more; God wants us to see His Vision, His Mission. The Great Commission has both a quantity and a quality, to reach the “Every” and the “All.” Missions must involve reaching every creature, every nation, every people group (Mark 16:15). However, Matthew’s gospel says we are to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19).
This is God’s vision of His Mission. The missions we send to plant churches among every people are only part of God’s grand vision. The Mission of God is the transformation of whole nations. God’s Mission is to saturate every square inch of the earth with his glory. The prophet Habakkuk writes, “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Hab. 2:14). But what will that look like?
If we can’t see God’s Mission to the whole world, every nation, and every sphere of influence of every society, including the powerful institution of the university, then we will only see in part. We will only experience a limited participation in God’s Mission through a committee, a financial commitment, or the sending of some of our church members to a foreign field. A limited participation is due to a limited vision of our role in God’s Mission. Jesus said the Temple in Jerusalem was to be a “House of Prayer for All Nations” (Mark 11:17). And the prophet Isaiah repeatedly declared that the Israelites were to be a “Light to the Gentiles” (Isa. 42:6, 49:6). The Early Church understood they were to carry God’s Light; it was so that they “may bring salvation to the ends of the earth” (Acts 13:47). That word, salvation, appears over 150 times in the Scriptures. It means, “deliverance, preservation, safety,” and “the sum of benefits and blessings,” and redemption “from all earthly ills” (Strong’s Concordance).
With God’s Light, we can fully embrace this vision of God’s Mission for every creature and all nations. Certainly Philip embraced this call and the Holy Spirit swept him up from a massive evangelistic campaign among a mostly homogeneous Jewish culture, and placed him in front of a single Ethiopian man to take the message of the gospel across cultural and geographic boundaries. Are missions ever local? Yes, first we go to our “Jerusalem,” our local community, which is just as cross-cultural today as it was in the first century. And local missions are to be done simultaneously with global missions. In other words, there is no priority of one over the other. Jesus said, “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, AND in all Judea AND Samaria, AND to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). One influences and informs the other. For the Church to develop this kind of multi-tiered mission vision and participation, it will require a holistic perspective. When we truly see God’s Mission, we will fully participate as witnesses in every influential sphere, especially the most powerful institution of the university.
On September 9, YWAM International has our monthly call to prayer. Read “The Invitation” to learn about this month’s focus, which is on students and universities internationally.
Converge Internships is our specialty program, because we believe a new generation of missionaries must be prepared to be life-long witnesses in every arena of society, every sphere of influence.
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