Your Mission, If You Choose To accept It

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 1^st Peter 2:9

I used to love the old Mission Impossible series when it would open with the challenge “Your Mission if You Choose to Accept it…” The question is, when does the mission start?

They say that “advise is cheap” and opinions are a “dime a dozen”. One of the most difficult things for us to do is to refrain from giving our opinions. Now of coarse if someone is recommending a good restaurant or a great place to vacation we are all ears. I’ve learned to limit my opinions and advise to an, “only when asked” status, because I see that most people are annoyed by unsolicited advice.

However I do believe we should be ready to “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season”. Let’s be ready when the opportunity (or mission) to share with others presents itself, being careful not to push or shove what we think people need. If you’re a child of God for a day or many decades you are a preacher. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to “proclaim the praises of Him who called you”. Each time the word of God is shared with you, it is a message to you form God that the Holy Spirit will interpret and now we will be able to share with others as the opportunity presents itself.

I love the account of the blind man Jesus healed in John chapter nine. When the man was asked, his response was “One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” Sometimes that’s all we know and we proclaim what we know.

I remember listening to a sermon with the Pastor asking “what have you done with the sermons you’ve already heard?” He opened with a confusing and borderline offensive statement “the last thing you people need is another sermon, you haven’t done anything with the ones you’ve already heard.” Ouch!

So, your mission if you choose to accept it is to allow God to use His word thru you, to be ready as Peter tells us in the third chapter of his first book,” But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect”.  Rob Russomano is a graduate of the Colony Mercy and serves full-time at America’s Keswick

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 5-8

Think About This: There is not one blade of grass, there is no colour in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. John Calvin

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18