Introduction
Throughout redemption history, every major movement of God has been preceded by a clarion call—a trumpet blast meant to shake the people of God out of complacency and align them with His global redemptive purpose. Today, as the global Church faces unprecedented cultural shifts, spiritual apathy, and vast remaining pockets of unreached peoples, that trumpet is sounding once again.
At this precise hour in history, God is issuing a divine commission. He is not merely looking for casual observers or institutional caretakers; He is actively anointing and deploying a unique cadre of leaders within His Kingdom: Mission Mobilizers. Operating much like elite military personnel, these mobilizers function as the “Special Forces” of the Body of Christ. They are sovereignly empowered to awaken a sleeping giant, break through bureaucratic inertia, and galvanize the global Church to fulfill the Great Commission.
The Concept of God’s Anointing in Scripture
To understand the weight of this calling, we must first look to how the concept of the anointing is established in Scripture. In the Old Testament, God introduced His people to the anointing as a physical act with profound spiritual implications: it marked a transition from the ordinary to the extraordinary, setting apart people, places, and objects for a specific, divine assignment.
When Moses completed the construction of the Tabernacle in the wilderness, God commanded him to formulate a unique, sacred anointing oil. This oil was poured over the Tabernacle and all its utensils, consecrating them as holy and dedicating them exclusively to God’s service. Centuries later, King Solomon followed this exact pattern, anointing the Temple and its sacrificial instruments to signify that they belonged entirely to the Lord.
Beyond structural elements, God commanded the anointing of individuals called to critical leadership roles—specifically kings and priests. When the prophet Samuel poured oil over Saul, and later David, it was far more than a political coronation. As the Life Application Study Bible notes:
“The coronation was the political act of establishing the king as ruler; the anointing was the religious act of making the king God’s representative to the people… It was poured over the king’s head to symbolize the presence and power of the Spirit of God in his life. This anointing ceremony was to remind the king of his great responsibility to lead his people by God’s wisdom and not his own.”
Scripture establishes a permanent principle: whom God calls, He anoints; and what He anoints, He empowers. The anointing is the divine infusion of the Holy Spirit’s power, granting a human being the wisdom, endurance, and authority required to fulfill a specific Kingdom mandate.
The “Special Forces” of the Kingdom
While every believer is called to be a soldier in Christ’s army, trained for spiritual warfare and daily Christian witness, the military also utilizes specialized units. Within any army, “Special Forces” are selected, rigorously tested, and uniquely trained for highly strategic, exceptionally difficult assignments. These elite units are deployed behind enemy lines to combat terrorist threats, dismantle dangerous syndicates, rescue hostages, and secure high-value territories.
Special Forces soldiers are defined by their resilience, unconventional tactics, and supernatural endurance. In the economy of warfare, a single Special Forces operator can neutralize threats that would overwhelm hundreds of conventional troops.
We see a vivid picture of this spiritual elite among King David’s “mighty men” in 2 Samuel 23. Scripture records exploits that defy natural human capability:
- Josheb-basshebeth, who wielded his spear and single-handedly killed 800 enemy soldiers in a single encounter.
- Eleazar, who stood his ground and struck down the Philistines until his hand grew weary and froze to his sword, leading to a massive victory.
- Shammah, who took his stand in the middle of a plot of lentils abandoned by fleeing Israelites, defended it single-handedly, and routed the enemy.
These men were David’s Special Forces. Through their courage, grit, and absolute refusal to retreat, the Lord brought about historic victories for His people.
The question facing leadership today is urgent: Where are the Christ-followers who possess this same jealousy for God’s glory? Who is ready to wake up the sleeping giants within our pews, attempt the humanly impossible, and trust God in regions where others refuse to go? God is still preparing and deploying His Special Forces to declare His glory—both to awaken a slumbering African and Global Church, and to penetrate the remaining frontiers of the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and traditional religious worlds.
A Modern-Day Deployment: Lessons from the Field
The call to operate as a Special Forces mobilizer is not a theological theory; it is a lived, costly reality. In 2010, the Lord extended this very invitation to me when I was called to lead the School of Missions at the Nigeria Evangelical Missionary Institute (NEMI) in Jos, Plateau State—a region known for intense spiritual and geopolitical volatility.
Stepping into that assignment, I felt entirely inadequate. Skepticism from outside observers only amplified my internal doubts. Yet, standing on the reality of God’s calling, my wife and I accepted the assignment. The conditions we encountered resembled a spiritual war zone: we faced entrenched organizational friction, unappreciative students, a hostile surrounding community, severe financial deficits, and relentless spiritual warfare.
By all human metrics, the assignment was designed to break us. But Special Forces do not retreat when the terrain gets rough. By relying completely on the anointing and strength of the Holy Spirit, we chose consistency over comfort.
We stayed for twelve years—far longer than we ever anticipated—and watched God secure a grand victory. Enrollment grew year after year. Financial partnerships expanded both locally and internationally. NEMI’s programs achieved widespread recognition, key facilities were fully renovated, and the campus was finally connected to the national power grid. God proved that when a mobilizer stands firm under the anointing, the enemy must give way.
The Urgent Need for Pastor-Mobilizers
To see this micro-victory replicated on a global scale, we must recalibrate our understanding of church leadership. In Ephesians 4:11-13, the Apostle Paul outlines the divine architecture of Church leadership:
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…”
The primary mandate of church leadership is not to perform the ministry for the saints, but to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry. That ministry is nothing less than the expansion of the Gospel within their daily spheres of influence—their workplaces, universities, businesses, and neighborhoods.
Discipleship that fails to teach believers how to share their faith and live with a global missionary worldview is incomplete. Unless the local church is transformed into a mobilization hub, the fulfillment of the Great Commission will remain a distant mirage.
[Institutional Church Structure] ——-> Focused Inward (Maintenance & Comfort)
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[The Mobilized Church “Giant”] ——-> Focused Outward (Great Commission Fulfillment)
Today, Pastors face immense institutional barriers that hinder them from mobilizing their congregations: chronic budget deficits, bureaucratic apathy, and a pervasive mindset that views missions as a specialized hobby for a few “professional missionaries.” Consequently, the contemporary Church often resembles a sleeping giant—wealthy in resources but poor in movement, institutionalized rather than missional.
The global harvest cannot wait for institutional convenience. We desperately need Five-Fold leaders who refuse to settle for the status quo. We need modern-day Calebs and Joshuas—leaders who possess a “different spirit” and are willing to swim against the cultural and denominational currents, even when it means standing against the majority.
Conclusion: A Call to the Lines
The nations are waiting. Millions have still not heard the name of Jesus Christ, and they will not discover the Good News unless an awakened, mobilized Church brings it to them.
God is actively scanning the horizon for men and women who will accept the anointing of a Kingdom Mobilizer. He is looking for those who will choose a lifestyle of radical simplicity, countercultural obedience, and relentless focus on the harvest fields, resisting the modern traps of consumerism and ministerial comfort.
The trumpet has sounded. The Special Forces are being called to the frontlines of global mission mobilization. The Lord of the Harvest is counting on you. Will you make yourself available?
