as you go...

Lydia, Eva and Naomi
In the great commission, Matthew 28:18-20, there are actually two imperative commands: "make disciples" and "lo." ("Lo" isn't in the NIV but is in the original.) In the English version, it looks like "go" is the command, but it's actually a verb tense that's more like "as you go." One thing that our Strak team has been praying for and working on is making disciples as we go: pulling people close, speaking and reading the Word, praying, living life with Christ together. As you probably know, making disciples can be exhilarating, difficult, painful, time consuming, fun, intense.

That's part of why the "lo" is so important. Lo means behold, look, see...it's as if Jesus is saying, "Look at me, I'm with you--you're not alone and I'm all powerful." Please pray for us, to have our eyes fixed on Christ and draw on His energy.

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples, 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 [lo! Look!] I am with you always, to the very end of the age." -Jesus Christ.