In Nashville, it's called the encore problem. Here's how the story goes. An artist comes to Nashville with a boxload of songs and dreams. They've been writing songs over the course of their life and if they're lucky, they get a record deal. They put their best material on their first album -- their best songs written over years of perfecting their craft. If they're a little more lucky, their album sells well and the record company wants another record.
What does the artist do now? All of their best songs are on the first album. Where are they going to get more songs? Do they have the talent and the discipline to produce another album? Can they do it again? Can the artist duplicate the depth and honesty that required a lifetime to write over the next six months?
Once you have a hit, what do you do for an encore?
No one had a bigger encore problem than the early followers of Christ. What do you do after the resurrection? How do you top what Jesus did on Easter?
That had to be the question on every disciple's mind as they gathered with Jesus before the Ascension. What do we do now? Are we going back to the way things used to be? Is Jesus going to start teaching again? Are we going to walk around following Him again? Are we going to find one place and stay there? And what will we do as disciples?
Jesus was blunt in His answer -- GO! Go and make disciples of every people group in the world. Go! Read More
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