The Mosaic

"After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne..." (Revelation 7:9) Imagine a beautiful stained-glass window.

If you pick up just one shard of blue glass, it is pretty. But it doesn't tell a story. You need all the colors fitting together to see the picture. God is building a Mosaic . He is not just saving random individuals; He is saving a diverse global family.

The blue shard is the Nigerian church. The red shard is the Chinese church. The yellow shard is the American church. Alone, our local culture is incomplete. We have blind spots. We need the passion of South America, the endurance of the persecuted church in Asia, and the resources of the West to see the full face of Jesus.

Many Christians think Jesus looks exactly like them, talks like them, and likes the same foods they do. But Heaven is not going to be a uniform culture. Heaven is a massive, multi-racial, multi-lingual choir.

To have a Global Heart is to realize that your specific culture is just one single instrument in God's massive symphony.

The Gospel doesn't erase our culture; it redeems it. Notice that in Revelation 7, the people in Heaven are still identified by their "tribe and language." We don't become "colorblind" in the Kingdom; we celebrate the differences because they reflect the infinite creativity of God.

Reflect on this: Does the idea of a deeply diverse, multi-cultural church make you uncomfortable? Do you secretly wish everyone just acted like your group? Heaven will be loud, colorful, and diverse.

If you don't like diversity now, you are going to be very uncomfortable in Heaven. 👣 Take a Step Action: The Cultural Bridge. Listen to a Christian worship song in a language you don't speak today (like Spanish, Korean, or Yoruba).

Let the sound remind you that God is being worshipped right now in time zones you will never visit.