Worship is the fuel and goal of missions. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. John Piper has on more than one occasion convicted me about my lack of passion and seriousness for the glory of God in all of life. Missions is one of those areas. The other day, there was a missions meeting at the church in order to decide about what to do with some of our missionaries. Many who were present were very gracious and spoke well of our missionaries. I, on the other hand, found myself being very critical of some of them when I don’t even know them. I was simply being too quick to judge. I had forgotten about the goal of missions. In this regard, I need to remember the advice of my pastor and “err on the side of grace”. Missions is a vital calling of the church. The peoples of the world are not yet fully worshipping God. My attitude needs to change. I need to take off the wig, put down the gavel, step off the bench, and start waiting tables. That’s what Jesus did.
