Missio Dei: WK5 - FRI
NOW IT’S YOUR MOVE
Revelation 22:12-13, 20 (NLT) “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me... I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” ... “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
The last book of the Bible ends with a longing. Come, Lord Jesus. It is the oldest prayer in the Christian tradition, the prayer of people who have understood what the mission is, given themselves to it, and now ache for the day when the King finally arrives. Not because the work has been exhausting, though it has. But because they have seen enough of Jesus to want more of him, and the mission has taken them close enough to the heart of God that they want to be there fully.
Five weeks ago we began by asking who owns the mission. The answer was God, and it always has been. He sent his Son. He sent his Spirit. He called Abraham before the destination was visible, Isaiah before he felt qualified, disciples before they stopped failing. We looked at the world he loves, at Jesus as the shape of the mission made flesh, at the church as a community formed not to stay gathered but to go out. And this week we stood at the end of the story and let where it is going reshape how we live in its middle.
The invitation is what it has always been. The mission that started in the love of God before time is still moving. History is still progressing toward that crowd in Revelation 7, every nation and tribe and tongue gathered around the throne. The God who sends is still sending. The question is the same one he asked Isaiah in the smoke-filled throne room, the same one Jesus answered with his life: Whom shall I send? The tomb is empty. The King is coming. The mission is yours.
Revelation 22:12-13, 20 (NLT) “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me... I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” ... “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
The last book of the Bible ends with a longing. Come, Lord Jesus. It is the oldest prayer in the Christian tradition, the prayer of people who have understood what the mission is, given themselves to it, and now ache for the day when the King finally arrives. Not because the work has been exhausting, though it has. But because they have seen enough of Jesus to want more of him, and the mission has taken them close enough to the heart of God that they want to be there fully.
Five weeks ago we began by asking who owns the mission. The answer was God, and it always has been. He sent his Son. He sent his Spirit. He called Abraham before the destination was visible, Isaiah before he felt qualified, disciples before they stopped failing. We looked at the world he loves, at Jesus as the shape of the mission made flesh, at the church as a community formed not to stay gathered but to go out. And this week we stood at the end of the story and let where it is going reshape how we live in its middle.
The invitation is what it has always been. The mission that started in the love of God before time is still moving. History is still progressing toward that crowd in Revelation 7, every nation and tribe and tongue gathered around the throne. The God who sends is still sending. The question is the same one he asked Isaiah in the smoke-filled throne room, the same one Jesus answered with his life: Whom shall I send? The tomb is empty. The King is coming. The mission is yours.
- Looking back over these five weeks, what has impacted you most deeply?
- Where do you sense God inviting you to participate more intentionally in his mission?
- If God asked you today, “Whom shall I send?” how would you respond?
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