Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
In the middle of the night I was awake and thinking of the day so long ago when I stood, along with several hundred other Officer School graduates, in the middle of the parade ground at Lackland AFB, in San Antonio, Texas. After a long and exhaustive training, we were about to be commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the United States Air Force.
Finally, a high-ranking officer rose and asked us to raise our right hands and repeat after him: I, (state your full name), do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, so help me God.
As we were dismissed, hats were thrown into the air and new gold bars that marked our rank as Second Lieutenants were pinned onto our lapels. For better or worse we were now called upon to obey the commission we had just been given. Ours was not to reason why, ours was just to do or die!
In today’s Scripture we read of the Great Commission that Jesus left for His church. It is imperative that we understand that we are not our own, but are bought with the price of the precious blood of our Savior. To fulfill His commission may lead many of us through deep water and trying circumstances. May we be faithful to His call!
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil