I had my first MOB (Men of the Bible)
class last Wednesday. We met in the “man-cave” (formerly known
as room E). I used an old pizza box as the sign over the door. We are doing a series of lessons on discipleship by
Erwin McManus. The first one was called “Advance: Go Unless You
Get a No”. This is a great idea! It's biblical too. Jesus makes
it pretty clear in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) where He
says, “Go and make disciples of all nations”. There is a
lot of “go” in Acts 1:8 too. “You shall be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, in Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth”.
Despite all the “go” in the Bible,
we sure do a lot of waiting around don't we? Instead of “go unless
you get a no”, we usually live more like “wait until you really
know”! But besides waiting for Jesus to return, there is not much
waiting written into our calling as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Should you talk to your neighbor? Go! Should you go on that mission
trip? Go! Should you feed the hungry? Should you give someone a
bible? Should you serve in your church? The answer is never wait.
The answer is go unless you get a no.
There will be a no from time to time. Don't worry though! God is good at getting our attention when His answer is no. It should not be very hard to recognize. Until then, the answer is “go!” Just imagine if believers around the world quit waiting around? Wow!
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