You Have a Mission – Choose to Accept it

“striving together as one for the faith of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27)

Dear Friends and Members of IBC,

In preparation for the sermon this coming Sunday, in this week’s Word for the Week allow me to put a small stone in your shoe so we might better understand the bigger picture of our Christian-walk.

It is often easy to lose sight of what church life is all about, even what our Christian lives are all about. Our heads are so down in the valley, reacting to what life throws at us, that we tend to forget the big, God-sized mission that every Christian has been called to. The mission of the Church, both local and global, the mission of every believer, both yourself and the Christian across the world, is to obey Jesus’ great commission to go and make disciples. God has unique tasks, good works for you to do, that only you can accomplish, that all fall within His general mission for every believer, which Jesus gave to us in Matthew 28:19-20. 

So, let’s first acknowledge that we have this mission. That we have been called for it. It is no accident that we find ourselves front and centre in Jesus’ masterplan to share the good news to everyone. God has chosen you. You have been deliberately welcomed into this world, at this exact time, in this exact place, to fulfil this calling.

Acknowledging this calling should fill us with a sense of purpose. Yes, we might still have those daily concerns. Yes, we still need to turn up for work every day. Yes, we might be unsure of the next steps forward. But God does a lot with just a bit of willingness on our part. So, let’s first accept this mission and prayerfully ask Him how He wants to use us to realise it.  

God bless you
James