So Send I You
By: Robert A. Searles
“Then said Jesus to them again, peace be unto you; as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”
John 20:21 (KJV)
Jesus gave his disciples the commission to continue his ministry on
earth after he had ascended into heaven.., He gave them the Holy
Spirit to help them. We who are the children of God, have been given
the same commission from him. We are told to go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature.
As
God sent Jesus to reconcile the world to himself, so Jesus sends us
into the world among sinners, to tell them of his love and redeeming
power. There is no purpose for living on earth other than for service
to God.
The
unsaved person from the time he is old enough to think for himself is
constantly searching for something that will fulfill his purpose in
life. It is called the pursuit of happiness. It is the common thought
that happiness is something which we can run after, and some day catch,
and when it has been caught, hang onto it and never let it go. No
wonder there are so many frustrated people in the world. They go from
one thing to another, without ever finding any real satisfaction in
life, and no purpose for living.
Education
won't satisfy, houses and property and wealth won't satisfy, even good
health won't satisfy, and the reason being, that we were designed to be
satisfied only from within when we have found the perfect will of God
and are doing it.The most miserable people of all are those who have
become the sons of God, if they have never yielded themselves to serve
God and win souls to Christ.The greatest joy and satisfaction that any
of us can ever experience is to know that we are doing the very thing
that we were sent to do after we were saved, that is, to magnify and
exalt the name of the Lord Jesus Christ; to win souls; and to continue
the ministry of love and compassion, and reconciliation to God through
Christ, and help those in need.
When
a person has no purpose in life other than to satisfy his own flesh,
then life itself becomes nothing but a continual state of boredom and
depression, and can become a living hell. We have been sent by Jesus
to do a job, to work in his vineyard, to bring in the harvest. There is
much joy in laboring for the Lord.
We
are told that: “they that sow in tears, shall doubtless come again
rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them.”I want to be one of the
sent ones. I don't want to be just sitting around feeling miserable
because I have reached a certain age, and feeling sorry for myself that
all my yesterdays could not continue until today. I pray that the Lord
will fill me to overflowing with the Holy Spirit and give me a ministry
and service for him that will keep me busy magnifying and exalting his
name forever.
I
want to keep my eyes on the future, not on the past. That which is
ahead is greater and more exciting than anything we have ever known in
the past. I want to keep pressing forward to the prize of the high
calling of God, as Paul said, and to keep my eyes fixed firmly on Jesus.
I want to seek first the kingdom of God, and accept with thanksgiving
any blessing that God wants to shower upon me.
Telehelp Publications Christian Literature Ministry
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