Every Nation

 God has a plan for every tribe.  Every tribe.

          God has a plan for every tongue.  Every tongue.

               God has a plan for every people.  Every people.

                    God has a plan for every nation.  Every nation.

   Two years ago I was fortunate enough to attend the Passion268 conference in Atlanta.  Now, I'm watching every session I can from here, alone in my apartment.  Each time I watch a session with corporate worship, I cry the whole way through because I miss it so and long for the Italian students to know the God we praise.  I just watched session 4 with the world version of "How Great is Our God," and am overcome with seeing a glimpse of God's plan for the nations.  Hearing a mixture of different languages come together to sing the same song, a song glorifying the greatness of our God, gives me chills.  While Rome seems so very dark, my heart is overjoyed to know there are 40,000+ people gathered in Atlanta to pray for the lost across the globe right now.  One day, the Italians will join in the singing from thanksgiving and joy...one day, the people on who's cross our Lord was crucified will be on their knees praising and adoring the Jesus they will come to truly know.

"And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

-Matthew 28:16-18

"And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying.

     'To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion 

     forever and ever.'"

                                                             -Revelation 5:13