+DEV+ Missions and Worship

Date: April 4, 2012 10:33 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Missions and Worship

Missions and Worship

"May the nations be glad and sing for joy."   (Psalm 67:4)
Scripture Focus: Psalm 67, Matthew 28

 "Missions exists because worship doesn't," writes John Piper in his treatise on missions, Let the Nations Be Glad! Piper makes a point here we ought not to miss. Often we are tempted to think that the goal of the church is to do missions, as if mission work itself were the objective. But Piper reminds us that the reason we do mission work is because our God is not yet receiving the praise and thanksgiving He so wonderfully deserves.

You see, friends, our God is so great, so magnificent, so awesome (in the true sense of that word), so loving, so wise, so powerful, and so holy that all the nations of this world ought to bring Him praise. Just as Jesus came to this world as a humble servant in order to redeem us from false worship unto true worship, so He sends us into the world - humble and broken though we are - to bring other sinners to His feet. May the world's lack of worship be the motivation in our missions. And may our worship cause the name of Jesus to be lifted high at home and abroad.

Insight: Think about two non-christians you know and pray that God would use you to bring them to truly worship God.