First: WE ALL have a part, a role to fulfill this imperative. If you call yourself a Christian, you areresponsible. But… I also believe we don’t realize what this means nor how we actualize our part. We have a limited understanding and view. Second: Remember the parable that talks about some plant, some water, some harvest (1 Corinthians 3:6-9)? This applies to our role/responsibility as we aren’t all called to preach, evangelize but we all do/can witness by our words and actions.
Third: Have you really read what Jesus said? He didn’t tell us to go and bring everyone to a saving knowledge and then stop… though this, unmistakably salvation IS the necessary first step, He told us to make disciples. This responsibility requires far more of us. We don’t just save and tell the person to go. He wants us to help them grow in what they’ve just begun so they can develop a meaningful relationship with the Lord.
Remember – you witness/teach what you know and experience. So have you considered your role in the Great Commission in light of your beliefs, knowledge, and experiences? Have you developed an intimate relationship with the Lord? Do you remember His words in John 15:5, ESV:
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”
To me this says that He expects us to turn to Him to accomplish our role in His commission. Furthermore, in verse 16:
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit–fruit that will remain …”
Again, a confirmation of the fact that it was His choosing to work through us, that He expects us to know our relationship with Him, and that He is with us in this task. (If you need further evidences, read 1 Corinthians 12 and you will see that there are many types of roles and that we all are called to fulfill ours.) We ARE equipped, We ARE empowered, We ARE able to do what He calls us to. What is yours? What’s at your hand and in your heart?
