A Call to Compel

If you want to be happy, make disciples.Jesus told us: "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love....that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."Obedience to Jesus produces joy. And He left us a clear directive to obey until He returns: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations...teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the end of the age."So we know exactly what we're to obey-and He promised to be with us as we obey. 'Being' disciples means 'making' disciples. And when we make disciples, we teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded. Why? Because, as we've seen, obedience to Jesus produces joy.When it comes to making disciples, our role is straightforward: we simply obey the commands of our Master. Jesus likened the Kingdom of heaven to a King who put on a wedding banquet for his son-and sent his servants to tell those who were invited that the feast was ready. It's a parable, but it describes in a real way what the Lord is doing to draw people to Himself: Jesus sends those who already belong to Him to bear witness to those who do not yet know Him and invite them to the Marriage Support of the Lamb in the age to come.Our task is simple. Our work is urgent. And our obedience to Jesus is the path to our own joy.