Today I had a revelation. I was working all day long on a backhoe. This is a special backhoe. I think you can call it a “missionary” backhoe. I have had it now for about 4 or 5 years. My backhoe was born in 1973, two years after me! I have another one from 1967…
If we all know the Great Commission, why is it that still so many do not DO the Great Commission?
Here is the reason I think the Great Commission is not done by everyone. Look at this odd little verse (my Dad’s favorite verse) attached to the great calling of God for all believers: Matthew 28:16 “Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.”
I know from my Bible study that Abraham is called a “Father of Faith”; but honestly, as I was reading afresh from Abraham’s life, I just didn’t see it. I saw many characteristics, but not faith.