[image: Purpose Driven Connection - Daily Devotional] April 17, 2009
Every Nation: Shift From Local to Global
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by Rick Warren
In our Devotionals series, Pastor Rick Warren discusses the Bible passages
that inspire him the most. Today's Devotional is based on this passage: "Send
us around the world with the news of Your saving power and Your eternal plan
for all mankind" (Psalm 67:2 LB).
God is a global God. He has always cared about the entire world. "God so
loved the world..." (John 3:16 NIV). From the beginning He has wanted family
members from every nation He created. The Bible says, "From one person God
made all nations who live on earth, and He decided when and where every
nation would be" (Acts 17:26 CEV).
God has done all this, so that we will look for Him and reach out and find
Him.
Much of the world already thinks globally. The largest media and business
conglomerates are all multi-national. Our lives are increasingly intertwined
with those in other nations as we share fashions, entertainment, music,
sports, and even fast foods. Probably most of the clothes you're wearing and
much of what you ate today was produced in another country.
We're more connected than we realize and God can use that connectedness as a
means for us to fulfill His Great Commission. Jesus gave us a pattern for
such involvement: "...You will tell everyone about Me in Jerusalem, in all
Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world" (Acts 1:8 CEV).
His followers are to reach out to their community (Jerusalem), to their
country (Judea), to other cultures (Samaria) and to other nations
(everywhere in the world). Note that our commission is simultaneous, not
sequential.
We are called to be on mission to all four groups in some way. How would you
identify these groups in your community? What nations do you believe God has
called you to serve in some form?
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest,
Calif., one of America’s largest and best-known churches. In addition, Rick
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