06/20/2019
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" - Acts 1:8
We LOVE the end of that verse. To the ends of the earth. It's all over any mission related content, amiright? But what about the first part of it?
Dream & go to the ends of the earth to show Jesus to people who have never heard of him, it's what we were called to do. But realize that we have a commission to fulfill right where we are. In schools, universities, work places, communities, and right at home. Not being able to travel to the ends of the earth at the very moment that you are in doesn't DQ you from participating in what God's doing on the earth. Sometimes the most powerful messages are told through our faithfulness to our communities at home. I would say that our faithfulness often does speak the loudest messages.
Maybe you're like me and will only have been on an official "mission trip" this year. Maybe you'll go next year, or in 5 years. Maybe you're not called to the places that look glamorous in terms of missions. But know this, missions starts at home. It doesn't stay there, but it always starts there.
So, I pray that as you go to the ends of the earth, that people would come to know Jesus because of your witness there. But even more so, I pray that people would come to know Jesus because of how you live in your day to day right at home.
"The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home" - C.T. Studd