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You can do Acts 1:8 or Acts 8:1 happens

I was in a meeting the other day and we were talking about missions. Then a friend said this, “You can do Acts 1:8 or Acts 8:1 happens.”   I was familiar with Acts 1:8: “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” But I didn’t know wh…
By Seth Barnes
By Seth Barnes
I was in a meeting the other day and we were talking about missions. Then a friend said this, “You can do Acts 1:8 or Acts 8:1 happens.”
 
I was familiar with Acts 1:8: “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” But I didn’t know what Acts 8:1 said. When I checked it out, I was surprised. It says, “And Saul approved of their killing him.” (Acts 8:1)
 
What did my friend mean? I asked and he explained, “It was several decades from the beginning of Acts to the point where persecution caused the church to do what God had in mind by going to the nations.”
 
Most people don’t naturally get out of their comfort zones and leave their friends to move to another culture. It rubs against the grain of their natural bent. Narrow that comfort zone in some way and the idea of leaving becomes more attractive.
 
It makes you wonder, what might God allow to happen in our day and age to accelerate the pace of world missions?

Comments (9)

  • **mArC** The Schifano Tribe

    This is good. Amazing how our human stick-shift can pop into neutral without even having to step on the clutch. Nice.

  • JA

    This is a provocative title and message. I’m sure a ton of people are going to preach this because it sounds so cool. But i dont think it’s a very biblicaly sound view or responsible idea to put out there.

  • Kathy Pride

    Have just been in many, many discussions about sharing God’s Word and getting out of our comfort zones as a group of us are reading Radical, and wanting to make a radical difference in service. Radical generally could be viewed as getting way out of our comfort zones…

    I am praying about enrolling in a virtual learning cohort at George Fox this fall…join me in prayer please!

    Eager to serve, and get out of the zone…

  • sunsetstormx

    I love your blog. I agree that being uncomfortable in our lives can and will often push us out of that zone and into a new zone where God wants us. Being comfortable is a dangerous place indeed.

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