Deeper Reflection
WE LIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY GLOBALISED AND CONNECTED world where the Word of God is readily available to anyone with a phone signal. Internet communications even to faraway countries are instantaneous and free. Some inevitable questions arise. Can traditional mission activities be replaced by Zoom meetings, video or audio calls, and social media messages? Is there still a need to send missionaries out to other nations?In almost every age, there have been technological advances that have enhanced – but not replaced – the missions activities in the field. The modern printing press was invented in the mid-15th century. As a result of the Protestant Reformation in 1517, common people began to have access to mass printed copies of God’s Word in the vernacular for the first time; access to God’s Word was no longer restricted to the elites. The airplane (first invented in 1903) allowed missionaries to reach any part of the planet, paving the way for short-term missions. All these advances will enhance, but they will not replace the incarnational aspect of missions, exemplified by our Lord Jesus Christ – “the Word become flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14). After His resurrection and before His ascension into heaven, Jesus could have chosen, in His infinite power, to make known the Good News to the world through visions, dreams, signs and angels. Yet Jesus chose His disciples and the Church to carry the Gospel to all the nations, proclaiming salvation in His name to the ends of the earth.³¹ Today, God’s Spirit is still stirring and sending beautiful feet to the nations with the blessed Gospel. How do your feet look?

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³¹ Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; 4:12; 13:47