Is Your Yes on the Table?

In Acts 13, the church in Antioch was thriving. It had dynamic worship, powerful teaching, and five gifted leaders—including Barnabas and Saul. But in the middle of one of their worship gatherings, the Holy Spirit said something unexpected in Acts 13:2:

“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

That must have been a hard moment. These weren’t background volunteers or part-time helpers—these were their best leaders. The ones who had helped build the church. The ones everyone looked up to.

And yet, when God called, the church responded. They fasted, prayed, laid hands on Barnabas and Saul, and sent them out. No hesitation. No conditions. Just a simple, powerful posture of obedience.

Their yes was on the table.

And that’s the challenge for us.

Too often, our default answer to God is cautious, conditional, or delayed. We want to know the plan. We want to feel secure. We want to weigh our options. But God doesn’t call us to comfort—He calls us to trust.

That’s what made the church in Antioch so powerful: they didn’t cling to their resources or their leaders. They trusted that Jesus, the head of the church, knew what He was doing. And He did.

That moment sparked the launch of Paul’s first missionary journey. The gospel began to spread to the Gentile world. And it all started because a church said yes.

So let me ask you a simple question:

Is your yes on the table?

Is there something Jesus has been calling you to do that you’ve been resisting?

Maybe it’s a call to serve.

Maybe it’s a relationship you need to restore.

Maybe it’s a decision about your career, your giving, your time, or your future.

Whatever it is—Jesus wants your yes.

At Cornerstone, every time we baptize someone, we ask two questions:

1. Do you believe Jesus has done everything necessary to save you?
   
   
2. Do you promise to go wherever He calls you to go and do whatever He calls you to do?
   
   

That second question matters. Not because any of us get it perfectly right—but because Jesus doesn’t just save us to sit. He saves us to go, to follow, to obey.

So today, take a moment to ask yourself:

“Is there any area of my life where I’m saying ‘no’ to Jesus?”

Put your yes on the table. Anything less is disobedience.