“May his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
May people be blessed in him,
all nations call him blessed!”
– Psalm 72:17
God’s eternal plan is to bless and redeem for Himself a people from ALL nations. He isn’t a God just for one nation or a special handful of blessed nations. He is God of all Creation! His promise to Abraham was to bless all nations through Jesus Christ, not just some.
For this reason Jesus gave His church a mission: to make disciples of ALL nations. Each local church and each individual Christian has a responsibility to advance this mission. While for most of us, our primary disciple-making work will be in our local community, we all have a responsibility to understand, pray for, encourage, fund, send, and welcome back disciple-makers to those nations which don’t yet call Him blessed. We’re must also be willing to go ourselves when called.
The blessing we enjoy in Him is meant to be shared freely, joyfully, and widely throughout the world. Every follower of Christ should seek to understand his or her personal responsibility as well as his or her church’s responsibility for this important work!