Building on the Plain of Shinar

God’s mission call to go into all the world has never changed, the first call was go to the whole world and the last was the same, from start to finish it is go. Please bear with me as a recruiter for the Kingdom of God and not a Mission Rep. as we look into this call. God’s first call was to Noah and his three sons. Go and multiply, so God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them,” be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.” In Genesis chapter 11 we read these words, “Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass as they journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there. Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had bricks for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. Genesis 11:1-3, God said go but they said come. “They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered aboard over the face of the whole world.” Jesus gave us the Church the body of Christ the same instructions, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the ends of the earth.” I pray that we the Church do not find ourselves settled down on the plain of Shinar making a name for ourselves, building a tower, one building program after another, staying busy unless we would be scattered over the face of the earth. God’s plan is go but we say come let us….. Now a question that deserves to be answered, “Who wants to be scattered over the face of the earth.” Jesus Christ wants His name preached and He has said, “go and I will go with you”, it does not get any better than that. Your friends, family, church and even your mission board might leave you high and dry but Jesus said, “I will be with you always.” It is not a job but it is a mission as you work at your job where ever the Lord of the harvest wants to send you.