Where Are You Going?

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers:  Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Then when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Acts 13:1-4

When we read the Book of Acts it is apparent that the first century Christian Church was constantly on the move.  The Gospel was carried to all parts of the mid-east, Asia and Europe.  Sometimes, the missionaries were commissioned by the Church to go and others were missionaries by default as they fled persecution. 

In either case, the net result was the preaching of the Gospel and people coming to know Jesus as their Savior. 

God is still sending out missionaries.  Some go voluntarily and some go because they have lost their job or have been transferred or their family is moving.  It does matter why we go as long as we take the Gospel with us and unpack it for all to hear, because we all are God’s missionaries.