Claim Your Mission

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). In heaven, we will judge the world and angels (1 Corinthians 6:1-6), we will serve Go (Revelation 22:3)and we will rule over many things (Matthew 25:23). There is no mention of working in hell. Man was created to work and tend the garden, so work seems to be part of his constituency, and not having any work to do could be part of the anguish of hell.

Claim a mission as your own.

The good thing about our world being so very broken is that there are a great variety of options to work to improve the world we have been given. The point may be that it matters less about which form of brokenness we are addressing than that we are involved. Too often, we sit on the sidelines of ministry wondering if this is the right ministry for me instead of simply moving forward with actively pursuing a ministry. Instead of claiming a mission, we make excuses that if we protect the unborn, there aren't enough resources for mom’s who choose life. Such excuses allow us to hold a lofty sentiment of “I would help if …” but without pursuing a mission, we are no better than the person who doesn’t care about what’s going on in the world. When we get off the bench and pursue a mission—any mission—we start to fuel a fire that will grow into fruitfulness.

Your mission isn't usually one you would choose on your own.

We don’t get to choose our life circumstances, we can only choose how we respond to them. More often than not, the missions we find ourselves pursuing come not from our own choosing, but from our reaction to the life that happens to us. The primary thing we have to choose is whether or not we will get involved in the things going on around us. Choosing to get involved is the first and most important step towards walking in the life God has for us. As we get involved in a mission, God will equip us with everything we need to continue to prosper in that mission.

You seldom get a new assignment if you don't complete your first assignment.

Many times as we pursue the assignments God has for us, we are tempted to get bored and seek the excitement of starting a new assignment. However, new assignments are seldom given before the previous assignments are finished. We have to be faithful over the little things and ensure that they are done before we can receive the praise of “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things'' (Matthew 25:23). Completing assignments doesn’t fuel our ego, it fuels more activity for God’s kingdom.