Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Jesus’s last instructions to his disciples. They can believe what he told them. They need to go and do. And they can rest assured in his continual presence.
I am a contemplative. I have found sitting in meditation life changing. Did Jesus tell me (through them) to sit in meditation? No.
I love to study. Learning has been a lifelong joy. Did Jesus tell me to learn more? No. Well, not exactly. There is the teaching part. That is the last part of the instructions.
There are two kinds of disciples. One knows and can explain. One lives out the instructions in everyday life.
Meditating may center me. Learning may enrich me. But, Jesus requires more out of me (and you).
The first instruction is Go—into all nations.
Next is Make—disciples. (Not people who agree with my particular theology, but disciples, followers, learners.)
Next is Baptizing.
Next is Teaching—everything he has commanded.
There are two kinds of disciples—those who think and those who do. Jesus preferred the doers.
Faith Venture 
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