“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”” Matthew 28:18-20 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.18-20.NIV
The Great Commission is the mission of every Christian. No person who says they are a disciple of Jesus should be confused about their purpose in life. This mission given to us by Him, Who holds all authority in heaven and earth, has told us what we are to do. We are to make disciples by leading people to Jesus in faith who confess this faith at baptism before others. We are to continue training these new disciples by teaching from God’s word everything He commands. We are to be about the work of constantly building relationships with people through love, sharing the gospel by faith, and working together through God’s word to become holy and pleasing to God, obedient to all His commands. This is what it means to be a disciple, to deny ourselves and to carry our cross because we are no longer about our self-interests or self-absorption accumulating things of this world, whether experiences, possessions, or power, but instead, we do everything to see God’s kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Our failure to win our families, cities, countries, and world to Christ is caused by our failure to obey God’s purpose for our lives. Vocation is irrelevant for the most part. It is the means for funding our occupation, the Great Commission. Vocation provides people to fulfill our occupation. Vocation provides for our needs and the needs of others in the Church. Our occupation, the Great Commission, provides what the world needs most: reconciliation with God to live forever with God. We must embrace Jesus as our Lord, reject our selfishness, and love others sacrificially if we are to obey God’s purpose for our lives.
