Day 36 - Made for A Mission

In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world. 

JOHN 17:18 (Msg)

The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me.

ACTS 20:24 (NCV)

"God wants you to have both a ministry in the Body of Christ and a mission in the world.  Your ministry is your service to believers, and your mission is your service to unbelievers." p281

"You may have been unaware that God holds you responsible for the unbelievers around you.  The Bible says, 'You must warn them so they may live.  If you don't speak out to warn the wicked to stop their evil ways, they will die in their sin.  But I will hold you responsible for their death.' You are the only Christian some people will ever know, and your mission is to share Jesus with them." p283

"...no matter how contended or successful people appear to be, without Christ they are hopelessly lost and headed for eternal separation from God." p284

"Your mission has eternal significance.  It will impact the eternal destiny of other people, so it's more important than any job, achievement, or goal you will reach during your life on earth.  The consequences of your mission will last forever; the consequences of your job will not.  Nothing else you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God.  

This is why we must be urgent about our mission.  Jesus said, 'All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned to us by the one who sent me, because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.'" p284

"...only the kingdom of God is going to last.  Everything else will eventually vanish.  This is why we must live purpose-driven-lives - lives committed to worship, fellowship, spiritual growth, ministry and fulfilling our mission on earth." p285

"To fulfil your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God's agenda for life...  You must say, like Jesus, 'Father, ...I want your will, not mine.'  You yield your rights, expectations, dreams, plans, and ambitions to Him.  You stop praying prayers like 'God bless what I want to do.'  Instead you pray, 'God help me to do what you're blessing!'" p286

Point to Ponder: 

I was made for a mission.

Verse to Remember:

"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptising 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." MATTHEW 28:19-20 (NOV)

Question to Consider:

What fears have kept me from fulfilling the mission God made me to accomplish?  What keeps me from telling others the Good News?