10 Ways for WBC Not to "Lose Our Taste" Among the Nations

Last night, I took the spiritual truth behind Jesus' illustration of salt in Luke 14:34-35 to call WBC not to be content with the status quo nor to take a step backward in our international missions efforts. By God's grace, WBC is known for its missions emphasis. The risk is there for us to (1) be prideful; and (2) assume we are okay and that we have heard it all before as we approach another Global Impact. In order to prevent these things from happening and for us to be guilty of relaxing our influence among the nations (there is still MAJOR work to be done among the lost and unreached peoples of the world!) I challenged WBC to the following 10 actions:

1. Be here this week.

2. Expect to hear from God.

3. Be open to what God may call you to.

4. Expect to be led to be involved in international missions in some fashion.

5. Take advantage of the missionaries who will be here.

6. Be intentional about blessing the missionaries who will be here.

7. Pray for God to move throughout WBC.

8. Pray against the enemy having a hint of influence here.

9. Recall that ‘making disciples of all nations’ is THE command given by Jesus and the only real way to keep from wasting your life.

10. Be obedient.