February 14th- Great Com-Mission

Exodus 37:1-38:31
Matthew 28:1-20
Psalm 34:11-22
Proverbs 9:9-10

As the story of Jesus comes to an end, Christ wraps up his time with the apostles by giving them a mission or commission to follow. As I read those words again for the billionth time (seems like it), I think about all that this text has been to me. Once it was a proof text to show me how one is saved. At some point, I saw this as the church's great failure, being a commandment that so few are willing to follow. Another time in life, this verse become a system to help me understand how disciples were made. Today, I read the verse and try to approach it with no bias, with no ulterior motive, and with open eyes. Do you know what I see? Mission. A mission held, a mission failed, a mission given, a mission lived, a mission worth dying for, a mission accomplished, a mission still moving, a great mission! So, today we live for the mission! We live for the mission because he lived for it and died for it, and gave up so much for it. Live for the mission!