The Great commission.
"He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. ... Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it."
Mark. 16:15&20
What is commission anyway? Com - mission? Let Dictionary explain:
com- (also co-, col-, con-, or cor-)
prefix
with; together; jointly; altogether
mission |ˈmi sh ən|
noun
an important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes, typically involving travel : a fact-finding mission to China.
• the vocation or calling of a religious organization, esp. a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith : the Christian mission | : Gandhi's attitude to mission and conversion.
• a strongly felt aim, ambition, or calling : his main mission in life has been to cut unemployment.
• an expedition into space.
• an operation carried out by military aircraft at a time of conflict : he was shot down on a supply mission.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting the sending of the Holy Spirit into the world): from Latin missio(n-), from mittere ‘send.’
Joined together to carry out an important assignment, typically involving travel.
Life is a story and a journey.
So the question is not why to go but why to stay.
Travel into today and this present.
Are you with me?
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