Matthew 28:16-20
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Jesus gave His followers the Great Commission...And His Great Commission is to teach the gospel to everyone on earth...We are to go to the four corners of the earth, so everyone knows about the gospel of Jesus...His told His disciples as well as us, to 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...
Our work and what we do everyday maybe is important but the grand objective in life is following Jesus and building and expanding the Kingdom of God...
Author D. Michael Henderson wrote, “Many Christians live their lives as though Jesus finished His work in the first century...They seem to think that being a Christian is simply accepting the finished work of Christ, going to church every Sunday to express their worship, and waiting for His second coming...No, no, no...Jesus is working today, just as He did 2,000 years ago, to accomplish His cosmic mission...Some people can grasp the idea that Jesus goes to work every day, just like we do...Or conversely, and more correctly, we go to work every day, just like Jesus does...He told His disciples, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working" (John 5:17)...He still is...The central task of the universe today is extending the kingdom of God into every corner of human life, one follower at a time, one conversation at a time...That's what Jesus is concentrating on, and that's what we should be spending the best part of our time and energy doing...You may have assumed that the most important thing you could be doing with your life is selling carpet...raising kids...governing...discovering a cure for cancer...or pastoring the second-largest church in a small town...Those are all worthwhile endeavors, but each one of those tasks is only significant when it is a subtask of the grand objective: building the kingdom of God.”...