Soon and Very Soon

Several years ago, I was on a short-term mission in Africa.  While gathering with a local church in an outdoor courtyard, amongst the scavenging chickens, the service started as a church leader began to “play” and sing to open our time together.  To our team’s surprise, he began “playing” the air guitar. 

At first, I wasn’t quite sure what to think.  As he continued to play and begin singing, I realized, “He’s pretty good at the air guitar.”  Side note, it takes quite the talent to both “play” the air guitar and sing at the same time, but he pulled it off. (Go ahead, give it a try).  His song?  “Soon and Very Soon.”  By the time he got to the third verse— “No more dying there, we are going to see the King”—he had taken it up several notches in pitch and enthusiasm, as did the church!  About that time, a chicken flew from behind me and landed on my shoulder.  Needless to say, I thought I was about to see the King!

No doubt, the Lord’s coming should excite us.  However, until then the work of the Great Commission continues.  Our responsibility to make disciples of all nations remains until the coming of the Lord. As we approach the ending of 2025 and beginning of 2026, is your church looking for a new missions partnership?  

The Missions Mobilization Team desires to help you multiply disciples by developing mission partners. Join us on a 2026 vision trip to discover how your church can partner with missionaries around North America and the nations for gospel advancement.  Check out 2026 opportunities at kybaptist.org/msp. We can help connect your church in North American to church planters in South Florida, Cincinnati, and New York City. If your church is looking to engage internationally, we can help you in Chile, Kenya, and Central Asia.    

As long as Jesus’s return is still to come, we have the responsibility to multiply disciples here ad over there.  This much we know.  “Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King” (insert air guitar here).  Until that Day, we must multiply disciples in order to join in that multi-cultural chorus, “Hallelujah, we are going to see the King.”