What Will It Take?

The title of this post was also the title of my sermon yesterday at Highland. I preached from Acts 8:1-8. The great persecution that arose against the church in Jerusalem scattered (v. 4) them throughout Judea and Samaria (Acts 1:8). The gospel of Jesus Christ was proclaimed, and Jesus was glorified. It seems to have taken this persecution to move the church beyond Jerusalem.

They had been doing an excellent job of "filling Jerusalem" (Acts 4) with the gospel, but for some reason they had not moved beyond the boarders of Jerusalem to this point. This let's me know that King Jesus is serious about His commission (Matt. 28:18-20, Mark 16:15, & Acts 1:8 [the specific GC passages]).

So I put it to you, what will it take to get you going to the place (s) God wants you to go? Will you carry the gospel of Jesus with you as you are going? Will you share that same gospel message, the one that let's sinners know there is a Savior who loves them, died for them, rose from the grave for them, and will forgive them of their sins, with them? What will it take to get you from where you are to where you need to be?

I can tell you this; it doesn't have to take anything more than you choosing to take that step with Jesus. You don't have to wait until something happens in your life to motivate you to go; something already did happen. You had an encounter with Jesus. You accepted the free, grace gift of salvation. That's more than enough. You and I should be "On the Go for Jesus!" You can't have GOspel without GO. You don't have GOod News without "GO." So don't just sit there...GO!