John Piper wrote
one of the best quotes on missions that I have ever read:
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t.”
What we do missionally is to bring others to
a place of worship of Jesus Christ. And
when we see God’s work through our missional efforts, what we really see is the
actual presence of God working through our efforts. We see the Invisible Hands strengthen our
feeble ones. We encounter God!
And therein lies some of the reason for our
celebration, our worship, our joy! We
rejoice to see the outcomes. But, even
greater, we rejoice to see God! Missions
produces worship in us as well.
John Piper is so right. The ultimate goal of our work for Christ is to ultimately lead others to Him. I am so grateful to be a part of a body of believers at Fellowship Bible Church who strive to be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world through worship, service, learning and leading. Thank you Pastor Dave for shepherding us along the way.
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