A Mission to Maintain.

Consider this, if you will, a very personal challenge, an encouragement to engage. In a world long at War, if you don’t step in to the fray for humanity, if you don’t step up to your place in the line, if you refuse to engage the hearts of those you love for the side of goodness and grace, who will? There’s no other man or woman who can replace you in your life, in that arena to which you’ve been called. And if you leave your place in the Line of Battle, it will remain empty. You know why? Because in order for someone else to fill it, they would have to leave their place in the Line. And on and on it goes.

You can divide the human race up— all of us, men and women alike— into three categories. The first is: those who have no battle to fight, no mission to maintain. They’re killing time... and it’s killing them. They’re just here ...soaking up precious space.

The second is: those who are fighting the wrong battle. Some examples from Scripture: Saul I, who made it his mission to kill off David; and Saul II, who made it his mission to kill off everybody who worshipped the Son of David. A modern example? How ‘bout the woman who spends her time trying to ‘straighten everyone else out’? “Everybody else is wrong. What’s the matter with these people? Everybody I know has a problem, but me!” Yeah! …what are the chances of that being accurate? Or the pastor who preaches against everything and everybody, but never declares what exactly he’s for. It’s the wrong battle in the wrong place at the wrong time.

And the third is: those who know their place in the Line, the calling Abba has placed upon them. They understand the Mission for which they were made.

Husbands and wives, let me ask you this. Do you have a Mission for your marriage? And is it the Mission of the Messiah— “to seek and to save that which was lost” {Lk. 19:10}? If not, where are you going spiritually— anywhere? And what are you doing to stay engaged with God, devoted to your King, committed to one another, fierce in defense of your family— anything? Or are you just here to take up each other’s time, maybe irritating the other into intimacy with Jesus? If you don’t have a Mission, I suggest you find one, and fast. The time to serve the lost and alone, “compelled” by the love of Christ Jesus, is now — 2 Corinthians 5:14-21.

Ric Webb, Shepherd
Heart's Journey Community
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