Jeremiah 1:5:
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Galatians 6:9:
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
1 Peter 4:10:
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Galatians 6:9:
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
1 Peter 4:10:
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
GOD’S SPECIAL PURPOSE FOR MISSIONARIES
Missions was God’s original plan for the garden of Eden: “And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it’” (Genesis 1:28). Adam and Eve were meant to expand the kingdom of God. After their fall into sin, even though the world changed, God’s vision didn’t change.
That’s why he renews his vision through Abraham: “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed’” (Genesis 12:1-3). What is the final purpose of God’s plan through Abram? “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Missions work has always been special to God. God has always been fundamentally driven by a missionary heart. Therefore, when he calls missionaries to do his work, he is calling people to participate in the work that has driven the history of God’s work in the world from Eden to today.
Missions work is an extension of God’s love for the world through the church to particular people, following the example of Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16)
God wants us to know—whether we are supporting missionaries, considering missionary work, or actively working on the mission field—that missions isn’t just about conversion, expansion of the kingdom, or growing the church. All of these are more basically formal expressions of God’s love to his people, and we should never lose sight of that, no matter what role we play in realizing God’s desire to bring the nations to Christ.
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Missions was God’s original plan for the garden of Eden: “And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it’” (Genesis 1:28). Adam and Eve were meant to expand the kingdom of God. After their fall into sin, even though the world changed, God’s vision didn’t change.
That’s why he renews his vision through Abraham: “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed’” (Genesis 12:1-3). What is the final purpose of God’s plan through Abram? “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Missions work has always been special to God. God has always been fundamentally driven by a missionary heart. Therefore, when he calls missionaries to do his work, he is calling people to participate in the work that has driven the history of God’s work in the world from Eden to today.
Missions work is an extension of God’s love for the world through the church to particular people, following the example of Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16)
God wants us to know—whether we are supporting missionaries, considering missionary work, or actively working on the mission field—that missions isn’t just about conversion, expansion of the kingdom, or growing the church. All of these are more basically formal expressions of God’s love to his people, and we should never lose sight of that, no matter what role we play in realizing God’s desire to bring the nations to Christ.
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ACTION STEP: Missions begins in your heart. Missions can be investing the talents that you have in your family. Making your mission to bless your family with the same wonderful loving meals you would a trip in Africa or a community in China. When you do laundry pray over the clothes of family member like you would blankets you'd be sending to Russia. Missions begins in the heart.
What are you grateful for? Write it down. Someday your grandchildren may read it and God may touch their heart and they in turn may touch the world. Look at everything you do as an investment into eternity. Then, God can take your life and sow it. It will burst forth and bring forth the fruit God needs where and when He needs it.
Bring nations to Christ!
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
What are you grateful for? Write it down. Someday your grandchildren may read it and God may touch their heart and they in turn may touch the world. Look at everything you do as an investment into eternity. Then, God can take your life and sow it. It will burst forth and bring forth the fruit God needs where and when He needs it.
Bring nations to Christ!
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
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