Identical Mission, Completely different Assignments – Kristin Sterk

This passage of Scripture is often known as the Nice Fee. It’s a “fee” given to the disciples earlier than Jesus ascended again to heaven. Now some can argue that as a result of it was instructed to the disciples, that it doesn’t apply to us. However this passage is the very definition as to why every of us are right here on this earth.

We’re ALL given the identical mission – to proclaim the identify of Christ to the ends of the earth. The truth is, in Acts 1:6-9 it says…

“So after they had come collectively, they requested him, “Lord, will you presently restore the dominion to Israel?” He mentioned to them, “It’s not so that you can know occasions or seasons that the Father has fastened by his personal authority. However you’ll obtain energy when the Holy Spirit has stumble upon you, and you may be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the top of the earth.” And when he had mentioned these items, as they had been wanting on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 

We don’t know when Christ is coming again. However what we do know is that we’re to be His witnesses regionally (Jerusalem), regionally (Judea), nationally (Samaria), and to the ends of the earth. We’re to go, make disciples, baptize, and train. All the identical mission.

However we ALL have totally different assignments. God has commissioned EACH of us, to a particular function right here in His Kingdom. There may be not one, no, not even one, with the identical project as YOU. Think about that? God created YOU, to succeed in a sure folks. Whether or not regionally or to the ends of the earth. God has particularly outfitted YOU, to hold out the mission He has commanded us to reside out. How are you doing that? How are you doing with that?

Is your life lived for the following factor you wish to buy? The following trip? The following newest and biggest? The following “higher” of this? Our sole goal on this earth is to offer glory to God as we reside out the nice fee. Love God and love others. Does your life replicate this? Or are you making an attempt to steal another person’s project? Or are you making an attempt to be like one thing else, like your neighbor, who has what you need? Belief me, that ain’t gonna get you very far. The truth is it’ll get you nowhere. And much more so, it’s a slap within the face to God, saying that what He created you for isn’t what you see value residing out.

You’ve a goal. A particular project. And in the future we must give an account for a way we lived out our project right here on this earth. Does that scare you? Spur you on? Encourage you? What will get in the way in which of your project? Envy? Greater and higher?

We don’t know the way lengthy we’ve got on this earth, and prefer it says in Acts, we don’t know when Christ is coming once more. It’s not for us to know. Let that encourage us to get up every morning, prepared for our project. Prepared for what God has known as us to – to reside out His mission for our lives with our particular project in hand.

Don’t delay. It’s by no means too late to start out now. Reside out your God-given presents by the project He has given YOU.