As we approach Easter, we reflect on the cross, the gift of salvation that Jesus gave and the wonder of his resurrection. The weeks following this coming easter paralleled the time that Jesus appeared to the disciples for forty days before he ascended to sit at the right hand of God. Consider the conversations that took place as Jesus appeared after raising from the dead to his disciples.
A key conversation that comes to mind is that of The Great Commission.
Jesus’ last words before he ascended went something like this… “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to all the ends of the earth.”
To all the ends of the earth huh? We as believers here in New Zealand (the ends of the earth) are already blessed beyond measure because of the generations before us who responded to this call to go and be sent by God. I long to see a reawakening of The Great Commission and a greater response to this call in my heart and the hearts of those around me.
I can significantly recall moments of power when the Holy Spirit came upon me, during the times when I responded to this invitation to be sent into the ends of the earth. Moments I may have never experienced in the comforts of Aotearoa. These moments have shaped my perspectives in how I do life and help me determine what is important which still influence me to this day.
Follow the Edge Kingsland blog, as over the next forty-ish days we are going to reengage with Jesus again in conversation around The Great Commission. We will also be posting snippets and sharing them on Sundays of these moments that people have experienced who have been apart of an overseas mission. These are purposed to capture your imagination in what it might look like for you to respond to this call to go and be Jesus’s witness in another nation. If it does we invite you to a discussion in how we may outwork this together.
Discussion 1: Sunday May 2nd 1pm, Upstairs room, Crucial Traders, Kingsland
Nicola