Did you know that the word mobilize simply means "to put into motion"? And we found it very interesting to think about this idea in light of the nature and character of God himself. When you think about it God is the one who is put into motion everything that is. Right? He spoke the universe into being. He spun those galaxies into motion and from that time until now he is the one who has been putting things into motion and moving His story forward.

He's the one who called, or mobilized, Abraham into uncharted territory. He's the one who said 'I want to set my people free from Egypt' and then mobilized Moses to do it. He's been sending and mobilizing Prophets to come at key points in His people's journey to confront or to lead. God is the one who mobilized His Son because of His great love for the world. Mobilized his son to come to earth and then the Son taught his disciples and mobilized them out sent them out two by two, right? And when He said I'm going back and the Father said "Don't worry, I'm going to mobilize... I'm going to send the Holy Spirit to come and help you". And the Holy Spirit empowered his disciples to be witnesses to Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, and even to the outermost part of the earth.

And later on in the Book of Acts, I love that the leaders in Antioch are just praying together and the Holy Spirit just out of the blue speaks and says I want Paul and Barnabas to go out to preach the gospel to the Gentiles across the whole known world. So God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit are always working to invite His people in on what He's up to. And when we invite people in on the Great Commission to help them find their role we are doing nothing more than just partnering with God who is the un-mobilized mobilizer or is the mobilizer of all mobilizers. And we want to keep on partnering with God and in His cause and in this until we see the whole Church bring the whole Gospel to the whole world.