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“Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy…”<\/span> \u201cMissions is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn\u2019t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.<\/p>\n Worship, therefore, is the fuel and goal of missions. It\u2019s the goal of missions because in missions we simply aim to bring the nations into the white hot enjoyment of God\u2019s glory. The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God. \u201cThe Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!\u201d (Ps 97:1). \u201cLet the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy!\u201d (Ps 67:3-4).<\/p>\n But worship is also the fuel of missions. Passion for God in worship precedes the offer of God in preaching. You can\u2019t commend what you don\u2019t cherish. Missionaries will never call out, \u201cLet the nations be glad!\u201d who cannot say from the heart, \u201cI rejoice in the Lord\u2026I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High\u201d (Ps 104:34, 9:2). Missions begins and ends in worship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(Psalm 67:3-4, KJV)<\/span><\/p>\n