How About a Greek Vacation?

I remember hearing the story of the Macedonian Call in a missions class at my church when I was a kid. The image of a Macedonian man appearing to Paul in a vision and crying out, "Why don't you come over here," felt a little like Red Rover to me. Yet, this story revealed something about God and Paul. Both of them had a passion for the unreached people in the world. The Macedonian Call is a reminder that there are still people all over the globe who have never heard the name of Jesus. In some of these places God is doing miracles and even sending visions to people. Yet, the primary way God has planned to reach those people is through the faithful witness of Jesus' people and the raising up of future missionaries like Timothy to join the task. The result is the salvation of people such as Lydia in cities like Philippi and formation of a community of faith that will be a mission outpost is each city. Today we will consider the global task God has given us and consider ways each of us can be a part of the Gospel to the nations.