December 22: Weekly Reading- The Great Commission; The Commissioned & Insight Post by Kim Feld

  -   December 22, 2025

Jesus Calls Us to Make Disciples: In the Great Commission, Jesus commands His followers to go into the world, make disciples, and teach them to obey His commands. This is not only a call to share the gospel but also to nurture spiritual growth in others.

Monday Verse

But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them… Romans 10:14 (NLT)

Monday Questions

In what ways can I be more intentional about sharing my faith and helping others grow spiritually? How can I actively engage in conversations and actions that encourage others to understand and embrace the message of Jesus?

Monday Insight Post
by Kim Feld

The Great Commission is the charge Jesus gave to His followers—the command to go everywhere and share the good news about Him. This mission was so significant that it is recorded in three of the four New Testament biographies of Jesus—Matthew, Mark, and Luke. John’s gospel, however, concludes differently.

At the end of John’s gospel, Jesus appears to some of His disciples after the resurrection. The disciples are fishing when Jesus stands on the shore, asking if they have caught anything. This moment echoes an earlier encounter between Jesus and Peter: Peter’s boat became a teaching platform when Jesus asked him to push out into the water to address the crowd. Afterwards, Jesus directed Peter to go deeper and let down his net. Though weary from an unproductive night, Peter obeyed—and was astonished by the overflowing catch (see Luke 5).

It strikes me that Jesus chose to appear to Peter in such a familiar setting. Peter, a fisherman by trade, likely found comfort in returning to fishing after the tumultuous events surrounding Jesus’ death and resurrection. Having denied Jesus three times after His arrest, Peter must have carried the heavy burden of that failure. In this heartfelt exchange, Jesus takes the time to challenge and restore Peter personally, making it clear that His love and invitation to follow remain unchanged.

Connecting these stories reminds me that while Jesus calls us to share the message with others, He also sees and cares for each of us individually. Jesus came for the world—but He also came for me. He desires a personal relationship with each of us. That distinction matters deeply to me; it’s often easier to believe that “God so loved the world” than to internalize that “God so loved me.” God gave His Son, Jesus, to save the world—and to save me.

Wherever you find yourself in your relationship with Jesus this Christmas season, both the story of the Great Commission and the story of Jesus and Peter serve as reminders of God’s love—for the whole world and for each of us personally. He is for us.

One of my favorite Christmas carols is O Holy Night, especially for this line: “Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.” We can’t truly understand our worth apart from Jesus. The Great Commission is ultimately about helping others know how valuable they are, too.

Kim Feld
Executive Director of Education and Outreach 

New Hope Church
Lorton, Virginia
www.newhope.org