on to the next

And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

Mark 1:38

Jesus made His teaching and miracles known from town to town throughout all of Galilee. He had a reputation based not on a few isolated incidents. Instead, literally everywhere people lived, Jesus went to preach His good news, heal the sick, cast out demons, and change lives.

So from town to town, village to village, in synagogue after synagogue, Jesus made Himself known. Crowds followed and the gospel was preached. Sickness was healed and demons fled. And it was always moving on, gaining momentum, growing in reach. The gospel expanded from town to town, a missionary effort from the very beginning.

And so it is today. Christians should not sit still. We move on. We make the gospel known. We are on the move from person to person, place to place, just like Jesus, so that the world can know!