Our Mission: to Be a Blessing!

Last Sabbath evening I started Mission 316 class. One thing we learned looking through ages of History is that God’s Mission is for us to be a Blessing. The Kingdom of God made first directional steps when God called on Abraham and promised to bless him so that he would be a Blessing to all people. (Genesis 12:2) This Mission grew since then. God’s people have been a blessing to the World, ever expanding, in every generation.

The Mission “reset” button was pushed by Jesus of Nazareth when he sent his followers on a Mission – to take the Good News of Saving Grace, forgiveness and belonging into all the world. Since then we use the Greek word “evangelize!” Geographically the whole world has been evangelized. There is no geographic location that did not hear about the Blessing of Jesus. Yet, in every geographic location there are groups of people who have not known Jesus. The evangelization of people groups is today’s mission.

This past Monday I shared with the Church Board that our Mission is Evangelization, which means to be a Blessing.

Everything we do has to have one purpose – to bless people we are doing it for. Ask yourself: “is my life a blessing for someone today?” As you greet each other think: “How can I bless you?”

Some maybe in a gloomy mood and their answers can be: “Leave me alone!” or “Get away from me!” or even “Get out of here.” Such attitudes are more appropriate toward a curse. For a blessing it is not an option: to be a blessing you must remain and bless.

Gord Rayner blessed the Board with a devotional “silver box with a bow on top” – wishing to all that our words to each other would be a gift, a Blessing to those they are spoken to. I believe it was Holy Spirit guided and orchestrated, as the Blessing begins with good words. Words are powerful to shape the future. When words of goodness are spoken to a person it becomes a Blessing.

God has blessed us to be a Blessing. Jesus sent us on the Great Commission to be a Blessing.

Imagine our church being known in the Community as “the Blessing!” (add your nouns: place, fellowship, people).

Go live so! Whom have you blessed today? Start with people next to you, then find time to go out and be a blessing.

The Blessing has to permeate everything we do! When Christ is fully reproduced in his followers, when the church grows into full stature of the perfect man Jesus, when the Image of God blooms in his faithful, when we become the Blessing we are meant to be – then the Kingdom of God will come. Even so, come Lord Jesus!