Emphasis of Mission

So the past week or so I've been thinking about changing the world. Actually I think about that constantly, but. Last evening I had some discussion with two people who are dong awesome work for our Lord. Del Tackett, Senior Vice President of Focus on the Family and President of Focus on the Family Institute, has been lecturing us this week at Impact 360(www.impact360.net) on the topic of "Christianity and The American Founding". We spoke last night on the importance of transforming the culture we live in, Western/American culture that is. There are some distinct aspects of society that must be influenced by Christians if God's mission is to be carried out. We spoke about how government is one aspect of culture that must be changed. Accordingly, we spoke of abortion and gay marriage and how government has authority and responsibity pertaining to the sanctity of life and marraige/family. Dr.Tackett's view on the transformation of culture has largely to do with social issues and predominantly those of Western culture. He does hold to a Biblical view that God's mission is for the world. His calling is to work in the culture of America with social and political issues. He testify to this openly. He would view American culture as his place of calling within God's mission. Late in our conversation a differeing view arose from the crowd, one that viewed the Arab culture as the more important for that idividual. A short but worthy discussion emersed and one party viewed the Arab culture more important for her on the standpoint of having lived there for 17 years and that was her specific calling. Tacket's view on this is somewhat different. Tackett and the opposing party agreed that God's mission was global. Where they differed however, was on the notion of one's specific calling more important. Tackett's claim was that in arguing one calling more important than the other, however exclusive the calling and signifcance may be, implied a sense of insignificance on the other calling and thus each calling must be. Based on your ones own interepretation of mission/importance, one can make an indidual calling more significant. Tackett argued that the significance came from God. I support this claim and make this argument, as a Christian, we are called to go on mission for the kingdom of God. We are called to make worshippers (Disciples) of all nations. Each individual calling is just as significant as the other for, we are all working towards the mission of god. One must not view his/her calling more or less important in his own view based on the fact that it is his alone yet, work towards the common goal of world redemption, viewing everything in the mirror of eternity.