Go!

Luke 10:3,9

“Go.” This small, miniature word has the power and ability to change the course of the planet. In less than a week, the world will unite in the Olympics, one of the most rigorous competitions ever designed and it will all start with the words, “On your mark, get set, GO!” For a teenager who is madly and deeply in love with the girl of his dreams, he longs for the answer to the question, “Will you GO to the prom with me?” For that patient who has been fighting cancer and has undergone treatments, they await the doctor’s prognosis, “You are good to GO! A heart can shatter in a wounded marriage, when one spouse tells the other, “You need to GO.” The world changes, and lives are defined by the word, GO.

Jesus understood the power of this potent word. In Luke chapter 10 verse 3, He appointed seventy people and gathered them to embark on a mission trip. They would leave two by two and proclaim the greatness of God but the word that would start this adventure was “Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.” Can you just see, Jesus beaming ear to ear, as He looks out over these seventy people, and says, “On your mark, get set, GO reach the world!” But He was also careful to let them know, you will be like lambs and the world will desire to devour you like wolves. In my finite mind this does not make sense, why would Jesus send out these willing yet defenseless people to such an underdog battle? Praise God the answer is found in verse 9, “And heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’”

I have heard it said that, “Peace is the absence of war.” But I would beg to differ. Jesus tells us in John 14:27, “… My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heat be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” If peace is the absence of war and Jesus gives us His peace then why is there war all around us? No, peace is not the absence of war, rather, peace is the understanding that the kingdom of God has come near to you in the midst of the war! Praise God! We will encounter underdog moments and challenges but we do not have to worry because God is right there with us! The wolves will encircle us but His power, His presence, and His peace are OVERFLOWING our hearts and lives! Therefore, when we hear that life changing call of God to “GO,” buckle up, because it is going to be the adventure of a lifetime!

Smile Always,
jason