We can be diverted from the mission of Christianity by preoccupation with prophecy or splitting theological hairs. Some persons are led aside by these and others by the love of this world. In either case, both are not involved in the mission. The Holy Spirit makes the Christian’s life missional. He is about taking the Messiah-story to the ends of the earth. He is about demonstrating compassion, mercy and deeds of rescue everywhere we go. He gives power to do it and grace to live it.
“So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” Acts 1:6-9 (ESV)
