God is at work in the
world, and He wants you to join Him. This is what we call mission. Mission is your
service to unbelievers in the world. Ministry is your service to believers in
the Body of Christ. God created you to accomplish both. Your mission gives your
life meaning. What is this mission?
Jesus said "Go to the
people of all nations and make them disciples. Baptize them in the name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them everything I have told
you."
That's your mission and
that's my mission. We all have the same mission and this mission is mandatory,
not optional! You may be unaware but the truth is that God holds you responsible
for the unbelievers around you. This mission is not given just to Pastors but to
every follower of Christ. In fact, the word "mission" comes from the Latin word
for "sending". We are all sent out into the world as a representative of Jesus
Christ.
What a privilege we have to
work with God and represent Him to our sphere of influence. Not only does this
mission have eternal significance for us but it impacts the eternal destiny of
others. The magnitude of living out your mission will last forever.
If your neighbor, coworker,
or friend had cancer or AIDs and you knew the cure, it would be criminal to
withhold that lifesaving information. Even worse would be to keep secret the way
to forgiveness, purpose, peace and eternal life. May we never forget how
hopeless and lost people are without Jesus.
May I encourage you and you
encourage me to be urgent about our mission. The clock is ticking down on your
life mission, so don't delay another day. Get started on your mission of
reaching out to others now! We have all of eternity to celebrate with those
we've brought to Jesus, but we have only our lifetime in which to reach them.
Invest your life in unbelievers now.
Right now.
God
bless,
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