GO-WAIT-BE

Sometimes we think that we have arrived. 

We all are a part of the great commission. Though you be an entrepreneur, engineer, doctor or a mere believer, everyone one of us is a disciple of Christ. First of all Jesus before ascending above commissioned disciples with great commission but then again in Book of Acts first chapter told them to wait and then finally to be in the same chapter. So there are three commissions not one. Let's analyse these three in their appropriate paradigm.

1. Great commission-Go

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of father, the son and ye Holy Spirit and teach them everything I have taught you. Before we make disciples we have to become a disciple. Now someone may ask how can Jesus say first to go and then wait? Because in this busy world you have to go in a place where you can find time and a place to wait. Going is more of a decision making than actually physically going somewhere for ministers. When Jesus called disciples to follow Him, He first called them to go and from the part of disciples they first chose to follow Jesus then started act of following. So we have to take decision to go and then comes a time to wait for something fascinating. This for no doubt is the great commission. 

2. Greater commission-Wait 

Acts 1:4, here we find second communion by our Lord that not to depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise. The Promise of the father is the Spirit, the Spirit of truth. John 14 and 15 talks about this promised Spirit. Because unless you have the Spirit of truth you can't share the truth, which gospel of Jesus Christ. A lot of people think that they can accomplish what God wants through their life just by their own might. But biblical principal says that everything God does is through his Spirit whether in OT or NT. And Jesus said to His disciples to wait for the Spirit of God to fill them with power. And we see disciples of Jesus waited for this. So we need to realise our weakness of human state and the power that God gives through His spirit to prefect us in our weakness. This is the greater commission. 

3. Greatest commission-Be

Acts 1:8 "to be" you can't go unless you are like Christ. Now the disciples were with Jesus for almost 24/7 for three and half years. But still many of those guys could not be what Jesus expected them to be. This might be because of the absence of the power of the Holy Spirit. So we are not just called to do alone but to be. A lot of ministers think that they just have to do the gospelization, preachings, teachings and prayers, however, for what God has called us involves something more intriguing that is to be. This be has to do with becoming. Because be incorporates a process of becoming something. That is to be like Christlike. Then to be witness. 

Here I remember the quote that Francis of Assisi said, "preach the gospel and if needed use words"

So our life matters more than our preachings and teachings. Unless we have become we can't make someone. Philippians, in chapter 2, says let that mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 says that we are the living epistles of Jesus Christ. Let's make all attempts to be what God's wants us to be and fulfil greatest and final commandment. 

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