Whose Job Is It?

Read Matthew 28:16-20: This scripture is called "The Great Commission." Right before the resurrected Christ is taken up to heaven, he gives these instructions to his followers: go to all nations and make disciples in his name. Sometimes in the church we forget that this is our true mission statement, directly from the mouth of Jesus. Sometimes we forget that the mission statement of The United Methodist Church is: to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Sometimes we live like this story:
"This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could it but Nobody realized the Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done."
Does this sound familiar? What will you do next time there's an important job to be done in the name of Jesus Christ, for the mission and ministry of his church?