Missions

1st John 2:1-3
Mark 16:15

When I say Missions what comes to mind? Paul's church planting journeys? Some exotic local? Maybe some great misionary like James Elliott or C.T. Studd? Have you ever realized that every Christian by virtue of Mark 16:15 is a missionary? It is a simple fact. While it is necessary to support those on distant shores with our prayers and finances, doing so will never release us of our obligation to be missionaries here in our lives everyday.

Co-workers, friends, neighbors, even the person running the register at Wal-mart! Anytime we have one on one contact, we have an opportunity to be that Missionary Mark 16:15 calls us to be. If that is true, what is our message? If every Christian is called to be a missionary, surely there must be a "Standard message"? The Gospel or message of Good News may well be condensed into 1st John 3:1-3. Simply put, Jesus though blameless, took our place on the cross, paying our sin debt to God, so we can once again be right with Him. He did this for every person who ever has or ever will live.

Nothing complicated there. If we are truely thankful to God for this gift, we sill share this simple yet profound truth with those on our mission fields. The Harvest is ready. Are you ready to help sow? Let us pray:

Lord your word charges us with a burden for the lost of our age. We need your vision, your broken heart for them. There is a world lost without you and we have the Gospel; the one thing to save them from Hell. Help us to give the Gospel to them. Plant the seeds and touch our lives. We are surrounded by them everyday. Prepare them for your word. Give us your spirit of boldness, opportunity to share and vision for them. In Jesus name, Amen.