He told them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.” Mark 16:15, TLV

What’s Your Great Commission?    The Great Commission. It is interesting that Mark’s perspective of Yeshua’s Gospel marching orders to His disciples is a little different than Matthew’s (chapter 28).

Mark explored more of the spiritual side — the gifts of the Spirit, being a fisher — while Matthew focused more on the discipline of discipleship. Both are so important and necessary. To only focus on one is to be unbalanced and leave us less effective.

It’s also noteworthy that two of the four Gospels did not include the Great Commission. I believe this is because Jesus knew that we might all think we had to be the same to serve Him and His Father.

We were all created differently and for a unique purpose to glorify the Father through His Son. Some are fishermen — they bring in the fish — and others are carpenters— they build up. Some can serve and others will lead. Encourage and exhort.

What is My Great Commission?

Full disclosure? I am not a passionate evangelist-type person. Can I present the Gospel? Yes. Has the Holy Spirit provided opportunities and I was blessed to see new lives reborn? Oh my, yes. But I’m not one of those “fisher” people.

I am a “carpenter.” One of those who build and build up. Discipleship is my passion. Showing others how to use the “tools” God has given us for this faith journey.

When we lived in the Philadelphia area, our rabbi was very passionate about giving the Good News—to be a bearer of the Gospel. Sometimes I would get discouraged because I knew my gifts and passions were different. I was a builder. A carpenter.

I prayed that the Lord would either change me or confirm that my passion was “okay” because I was beginning to feel like there was something wrong with me. That there was no Great Commission category for me.

One Shabbat, rabbi was especially passionate about being “fishers’ and went on and on. My shoulders slumped. Then out of the crystal blue, he said, “Yes, be fishers, and—” pause “and carpenters!”

You couldn’t have wiped the smile off my face with a blast sander.

We may be gifted in certain types of the Great Commission, but I believe we should know how to do all the areas: Good News, Discipleship, Encouragement, Exhortation, etc.

Understanding our strengths and weaknesses encourages us to seek to learn how to support all areas of the Great Commission.

Think More About It

Do you know your Great Commission? How did you discover your Great Commission?

Not sure? Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal it.

Already know? Seek to go even deeper — to “all the world.”

Thanks for stopping by. I love your comments and stories and appreciate your shares. Until tomorrow, God bless and pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Israel!