If we would really respond!!!

You see the world would be covered with the "fire" of God's Spirit if we as believers would really respond to the call of God.

"Therefore GO and make disciples of ALL nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to OBEY everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age".

My heart is once again touched with revelation when I read this scripture. 

Imagine yourself at that very moment in front of Jesus hearing Him say these words to YOU. First of all you are looking at God in human form called "Jesus". If you would stand in front of Him and would have spend 3 years with Him as His disciple you would probably take His words more seriously, but then again how many years have you been walking with Jesus today? Are you taking His words seriously, because these words are spoken to us today and every day when you read His word.

Read again it says "GO". That is an active verb, it takes action from our part to respond. God will not make us move our feet, He is telling us to GO, but it takes initiative on our part to make the step!

Then it says to disciple ALL the nations, ALL peoples, ALL, ALL, ALL.....not half, but ALL!! What part of ALL do we not seem to get as a church? 

Baptizing them, soaking them in the knowledge of who God the Father is, of who God the Son is, of who God the Holy Spirit is.

Teaching them EVERYTHING that Jesus has taught YOU!! What has Jesus taught you today, share it. What has He shown you over the years that you have been a believer in Jesus, share it...what are you waiting for?? Jesus Himself is asking you to teach, what keeps telling you that you can't? If Jesus says it don't you think He also thinks you CAN do this? YES, you can!!

Teaching to OBEY......not teaching to remember or teaching to store knowledge or teaching so that we can become intellectual. NO....teaching people to OBEY EVERYTHING that Jesus has commanded us......

This changes everything doesn't it. Why do we teach? Why do we want to baptize, why do we GO?

So that all may know Jesus and can OBEY ALL that He has commanded us. It is through OBEDIENCE that we see the glory of God. 

If we would really respond to the call to OBEY EVERYTHING, then this world would have been filled with the glory of God already, but we are still trying to understand what really responding means and if it is worth it.

Let me tell you IT IS worth it....there is no doubt, but it will not be worth it if you are doing this for yourself. Living a life to give, to share, to seek to make Jesus known is not what you can get out of it for yourself, but how much Jesus will be glorified and how much we can bless Him by seeing more people brought into His presence!!!

If we would only respond to Him, to what He says....today can be different, dare to respond!!!