Go Time

Jesus came up and spoke to them saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, event to the end of the age.” -Matthew 28:18-20

The Great Commission is the command of Christ to His followers that embodies the faith of those who claim the name His name. I find no ambiguity in what Christ has called us to do in His name.

The first word in His command is simple yet too many of us fail to put that word into action. He tells us to “Go”. We know the calling is to “Go” but we often times ignore it and place those “churchy” things in its place. We profess that we have to pray over it or we have to study God’s word to find our purpose. I am not here to disparage prayer and fervent study of God’s Holy Word; however, I have found some who are more then content spending their time in prayer and study and have in effect made those “churchy” things their idol rather then having a true spiritual metamorphosis and living theirs lives for the being of Christ.

I enjoy sports and what I enjoy most is the act of competition. As I have watched some of the great sports teams of the past, I have noticed that they have their Go Time. That is the time when they take all of their practice and move it out into the field of competition in an effort to explore where they are in relation to their competition. Having personally participated in team sports, I relished that Go Time. I recognized that the practice that a team must endure leading up to that time is necessary to make them successful upon the field of competition. We would never want to invest our time in watching a championship game in which both teams gave it all they had in order to get to the point where they are at for the chance to proclaim themselves champion. A truly successful athlete or team would never think of going into competition unprepared and is willing to pay the price in order to set themselves apart from their competition.

Why then is it that too many who claim the name of Jesus Christ fail to have that same fervor? The mission field that Christ has called each of His followers into is equally competitive. We are going against the principalities of this world who also claim to have the answer. As followers of Christ, we have to understand that anything that fails to include God will always miss the mark and fall short. It is His name that we must take our stand and be prepared to give that answer for our faith. If we choose to simply sit on the sidelines, we will never be able to grasp the ultimate championship prize.

Make this day your Go Time and get into the game and be that champion that you were indeed called to become.