Isaiah 52:7 - “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’”

You are commissioned for a life mission! We are all translators and missionaries of the gospel. The Bible says in Isaiah 49:5, “And now the LORD speaks - the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who commissioned me” (NLT). Your shape - your spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality, and experiences - equip you for your life mission and your life message. What is your life mission? It’s your life’s work. It’s what God created you to do on this planet. The body of your life work is your life mission.

What is your life message? It’s what God wants to say to the world through you. It’s your message from your life to the world. I can’t give your life message, because I’m not you. You can’t give my life message, because you’re not me. You can only give your life message, and I can only give mine. If you don’t give your life message to the world, it doesn’t get heard.

When an artist accepts a commission, he makes a commitment to complete a certain task. You have been commissioned by God to fulfill your mission and your message in the world. God has shaped you and given you the exact tools and gifts that you need to complete your task, and when you use them to complete your mission, it pleases God. Isaiah 43:21 says, “I have formed these people for myself. They will praise me” (GW).

How do we do that? How do we broadcast God’s praises with our lives? When we use the gifts, abilities, passion and experiences that God gave us to be loving and faithful children, spouses, parents, co-workers, classmates, customers, bosses, etc. - this brings glory to God.
(Taken with edits from Rick Warren’s daily devotional.)

Let’s pray for ourselves and our churches that by God’s Spirit and grace, our responses in each part of our lives/the whole of our lives, would testify of God’s peace and salvation.

-AP