Your Mission Involvement

Romans 15:23-28

Paul offers a beautiful example of how God uses each of us to complete His plan for each of us.

Paul is ministering to the needs of the Jewish Christians by delivering relief offered by the Gentile Christians who have been touched by the Jewish Christians for Christ. While doing this he writes to the Christians in Rome for their support. He desires to travel to Spain to reach the people there for Christ. He wishes to see the Romans on his way and asks for their prayer but also for workers to travel with him to Spain.

Paul, one person, is serving four different people groups who may or may not ever meet each other. As we go through our day we witness, one way or another, to people we may never meet.

How many of you have heard of “The Six Degrees of Separation?” It is the idea that if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is an average of six “steps” away from each person on earth. As we witness to one person it creates a chain effect to reach people in infinate proportions. We do not know when our witness to one person is designed to reach a person six steps away from us that we may never meet. Our job is to simply be a witness for Christ.

Matthew 9:35-38

Examples of Jesus -
Jesus told his disciples to pray for workers
Jesus met both spiritual and physical needs
Jesus felt compassion for the crowds of people

Do we pray for workers?
Do we strive to meet spiritual and physical needs? Which is easier?
Do we feel compassion for the crowds of people?
How does God work through praying Christians? Can anyone tell me a prayer request that has been answered?

Matthew 28:18-20 The Great Commission

The Great Commission gives us assurance because Jesus has all authority. He is in control of all things – we don’t have to be.

Our mission is to make disciples. To go means to be deliberate, to have purpose. We are to go, make disciples in our daily walk with those whom we come in contact while we pray and provide support for those called to serve elsewhere. We should never neglect either mission field, home or abroad. We should be available always to offer ourselves where God needs us most.

Jesus promised “I will be with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Considering who is in control (Jesus) and our responsibility (to be available and respond to God’s calling), how do you feel about fulfilling The Great Commission now?