The Great Awakening
I’m not sure how the idea of “every member is a missionary” became such a novel one. Perhaps it’s how the word “missionary” has been used in our modern contexts to identify a particular group of people sent to specific places around the world in order to share the good news. But one cannot be transformed by the power of the gospel, raised to life and indwelt by the life-giving Spirit, given the universal command to go and make disciples and not understand themselves to be a missionary. Wherever God has placed you on this earth, you get to tell others about Jesus.
I heard this song several years ago, and its lyrical simplicity and musical crescendo, which grows with each repeated verse, have always made my heart sing. You can listen to it here as you read the following lyrics:
One man wakes, awakens another
Second one wakes his next door brother
Three awake can rouse a town
And turn the whole place upside down
Many awake will cause such a fuss
It finally awakes all of us
One man wakes with dawn in his eyes
Surely then it multiplies
Surely then it multiplies
