Missions: Sent By God

Who does God expect is going to fulfill his mission in the world? What type of people does God use and send out for his purposes and mission?

God expects every believer to go and do his mission in the world. If we are a follower of Jesus, we are sent ones. We are called to God’s mission and God is sending us in the world for his purposes and plan.

In John’s Gospel account, after the resurrection of Jesus, “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.’” (John 20:19-23, ESV).

Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after the resurrection and Jesus sent them out into the world, just as the Father had sent him into the world.

Jesus came in peace and spoke peace to his disciples twice. Jesus came in peace, gave his peace, and then disturbed his disciple’s peace. Jesus revealed himself after the resurrection, giving assurance to his disciples, and he also gave mission and purpose to his disciples and sent them out.

The disciples were glad to see Jesus, and Jesus sent them into the world to share the good news, after breathing on them with the power of his Holy Spirit for them to be able to bear witness to him and to proclaim God’s forgiveness.

We are all called to go and to make disciples. We are called and we are sent out to do the mission of God, but we do not go alone. God equips us and empowers us with his presence and peace and his Holy Spirit to do his mission in the world.

May we see that we are the sent ones and go with God’s peace and God’s Holy Spirit to where God is sending us, and may we do the work God is calling each of us to do to proclaim his good news and forgiveness in the world.

A Collect for the Second to Last Sunday of Epiphany: World Mission Sunday: “Almighty God, through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation: Pour out this gift anew, that by the preaching of the Gospel your salvation may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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