Did you know that God is at work in this world and He wants you to join Him?  God wants everyone to have a ministry in the Body of Christ and a mission in the world. Your ministry assignment is your service to believers and your mission assignment is your service to unbelievers. I will talk about mission assignments today.

The word “mission” stems from a Latin word and means “sending.”  Christians should already know that our Great Commission to unbelievers is “to go out and make disciples of all men” (See Matthew 28:19-20). This command is mandatory, not optional – and we are disobedient to God if we fail to do so. Jesus clearly understood His life mission on earth when He said, “I must be about my Father’s business” (Luke 2:49). Jesus also told us in John 20:21, “. . . as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”

Jesus’ mission becomes ours once we submit ourselves to Him and accept Him as our Savior and Lord.  We enter into the body of Christ and therefore become His spiritual body.  Completing our assigned mission on earth is important because God holds us responsible for unbelievers when we fail to witness to them when the Holy Spirit instructs us to do so. God tells us that when we fail to warn to people about their wicked ways, “. . . his blood will I require at thine hand.” (Ezekiel 3:18) It is an honor to be used by God and represent Him by sharing His grace, forgiveness, peace, love, goodness and essentially the greatest news on earth with others.  Our assigned mission to unbelievers has eternal significance and gives our lives meaning.  Paul said it best in Acts 20:24, “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”

We know that all things must end but only the Kingdom of God will last forever. That is why we must live our lives committed to worship, fellowship, spiritual growth, ministry and fulfilling the Great Commission on earth before the night falls – “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” – John 9:4.  Jesus wants us to concentrate on our mission assignment to spread the gospel to all nations because He wants to redeem all humankind from Satan and reconcile them to Himself before the night falls.