Pay
Attention! I am now sending you out into the world…. (Matthew 10:16)
When
you close the door of your home behind you each morning, do you think about
being sent? It’s very easy to think in those terms when you’re heading to a
church meeting, or to do a mission project. Often, there will be a formal
send-off for those who travel to do such “ministry work.”
Jesus
commissions you to your mission every morning. It is your primary vocation to follow
that mission from Jesus into the world each day, where He will lead you and
empower you with His strength if you keep looking to Him and following. This
work of the Lord is to heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons. As
the Holy Spirit lives in you, and works in and through you, you will do this
work both literally and figuratively. This charge from Jesus – “I am sending
you!” - gives you that mission. Those words also give you authority; God’s
authority to go anywhere He leads, and to speak His message to any person He
places in front of you. If you will follow Jesus closely, you will walk in
power, and you will get to see lives change.
Whatever
your company makes, sells, or provides as a service, remember your vocation is
that you are sent by Jesus. Live your mission. Be sent!
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