Monday, June 8, 2015
What Is My Mission?
This morning as I looked out into our forest from my kitchen table I was assessing the damage from the overnight storms we experienced. It was good to fall asleep with the rainstorm in the back ground. Some people cannot sleep in a storm for fear of being harmed. I have been fortunate to take comfort in the scriptures.
Psalms 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
This morning, I pondered the question in the title here. What is my mission? What is it that our Father has given me to do? This is a question that we all ask ourselves from time to time. There are some answers in scripture.
John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Yeshua (Jesus) was clear that we would do what He did. He was also clear that we would do more in addition to what He did. But it would seem that all begins with prayer, as we see in verses 13 and 14. Our mission is found by asking the Father in prayer what He wants us to do. Then we ask in prayer for it to be done. Then we give thanks, knowing it will come to pass.
Today we can be encouraged because we have the Creator of the universe, Yahuah shavuot (Lord of hosts), on our side!
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. We praise the name Yahuah, our King. Send us today Your overwhelming blessing. Forgive us for our sins. Heal us. Deliver us from those that would do us harm. Do not let the evil take from us what You alone have provided. You are our Delivering King. Help us to heal those around us. We ask these thing in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.