Today I am continuing to talk about missions...

... not just our World Missions but also our personal mission fields. Acts 1:8 (NKJV) “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." 

1. Our Mission should be clear. Our mission should impact all that we do as believers. Our mission should be what we are trying to accomplish, our target, what we hope with God’s help to be our goal…our mission given to us by God. As Christians our mission should not be that difficult because our Commander in Chief Jesus has already laid out for us what we should be doing. Mark 16:15&20 (NIV) “He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.” Our mission, according to Jesus, is to go! To go everywhere telling people about the good news of salvation and then, teaching them to be His disciples. It is not that complicated. How is that possible? Our mission can be accomplished by having an organized missions program where we faithfully support those who are being sent to the ends of the earth. We can’t go but we can send people. Paul says how can they go unless they are sent.

2. Our local mission can be realized by lifestyle evangelism. Wherever we are and whatever we are doing should always be a prospect for leading someone to Christ. We are not a church who is always on a mission’s trip but we should always be a church that is on mission. Holy Spirit will guide us to wonderful opportunities. 

Henry Blackaby – God is always on mission and He is just looking for those who will join Him to accomplish His will. Lifestyle evangelism is only effective when we are displaying the fruit of Holy Spirit on a regular basis. That favorite restaurant you go to; you can lose your chance of leading them to Christ with one bad day.

3. My mission cannot just be what I do but it must be who I am. Who I am in Christ. Yes, I am a minister and yes my church is a great responsibility to me…but the church is not the whole world Jesus told me to reach in Matthew. Tennis or golf or shopping are no longer just activities we are doing but opportunities for our light to so shine before those we are coming into contact with…God wants to be glorified. Your job, your recreation, your vacation, your doctor visit, your classroom, your whatever, is not just you grinding out your day but you are on your mission field. We should come to get empowered and so we can realize our mission to be witnesses. The lost need us. Yes, support Missions through the church but, also, be missionaries everywhere. Go!