Encouragement to be Missional

What does it mean to be missional?  What does it look like to be missional?  Christ makes it clear through the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 that we as His disciples are to be missional in all we do.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

                                                                                 Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV)
 

This week at First Baptist we will be hearing testimonies from the team who spent a week at the Pine Ridge Reservation.  These team members went to the edge of our state to a completely different culture in order to preach the Good News to a people with very little hope.  But we do not have to travel very far in order to fulfill the words of Christ above.  The idea of “going” in this passage is better translated “As you go, make disciples . . .”  This means that as we live our daily lives we who are disciples of Christ should be actively and purposely seeking out others to disciple.  This may be bringing someone to Christ for the first time or encouraging another’s growth in spiritual maturity in Christ.  Either way, Christ’s words are focused on His disciples living out discipleship on a daily basis.  This is what it mean to be missional.

 

May the testimony and witness of those who share this week be an encouragement to us all to fulfill the Great Commission and may we be prayerfully prepared for God’s dramatic call for our daily lives.