Review of weeks 1 and 2.

Week 1 of Perspectives on the World Christian movement (Perspectives) was about God being a missionary God.  Since the creation of the world God has been working to bring all nations into deep worship of Himself and His name.  The readings were mostly about God's calling of Abram and how his promise to Abram was really showing that God was calling the nation of Israel to be His conduit of bless to the entire world.  The seed of Abraham would be used to bless all nations.  The people of Israel were chosen to bring the message of hope and deliverance to the rest of the world, and ultimately to bring true blessing to the world, Jesus Christ.

Week 2 of Perspectives was about the story of God's glory.  The readings emphasized that the goal of God was not to reach people but that His name would be glorified.  In order for His name to be glorified to the max God calls people to gather other people from all the nations to join into worship of Him.  The readings go on to say that our goal in missions needs to be that God's name will be glorified and that helping people needs to be secondary.  If your main goal is to help people and meet their needs, the goal is not lofty enough and disillusionment and burnout can result.  If the motivation behind all you are doing is to gather people into true worship of God, that is a goal that can inspire you to continue even through the toughest of circumstances.

This class has been amazing so far, and I'm looking forward to continuing to grow as God guides me.  All praise and glory to God.