Work Locally, Think Globally

​For many of us Christians we desire a stable quiet life yet hold in tension the global call to make disciples. Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 4:11, “…make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands,”. However, we know Jesus commissions the disciples in Mark 16:15 saying, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation”. What are we to do because we all can’t drop everything and go abroad? We might all not go out, but we all can serve locally, pray globally, and send others to wherever the Lord takes them. Getting involved in the local church solves this tension. Your pastor will help you settle into the local life while maintaining a global view. Being in the local church gives you the opportunity to sometimes go abroad, to often support work beyond the local, yet gives you the stability of being in Kingdom work where you live. It’s not about trying to make the biggest impact but being faithful and obedient in the local body the Lord has placed you. Even the smallest pebbles can make long reaching ripples.