146. Sent
John 20:21 Peace be unto you, as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
As Christians, we can and should regard ourselves as sent ones. The Father sent His Son on a mission and completed it. In the same way, Jesus is sending us and the mission is still ongoing. In fact, we are sent daily and we are always on a mission; it is the Mission of God. Each believer has been given a mission; it is unique and given just for him. Under God’s control the entire mission of God for the entire world will be done, and when He sees it is finished the world ends. We are always sent one, always under marching orders. We may not be aware of those specific orders, but we can be aware of being sent.
We may feel privileged and especially set apart for being sent by Almighty God on a mission with eternal consequences; but with the privilege also comes a responsibility to be faithful to the calling. This means paying attention to Him and listening to His words of gospel and the guidance of God’s will for our lives; this is the Law, which we want to obey in response to receiving the Gospel. The responsibility is not to find out what the specific mission is, for this we do not generally need to know. But it is our responsibility to be attentive to Christ and His Word to us, to know Him better and better, and to receive the Gospel message on a regular basis. In other words, “abide in Christ.” When we are stuck to Christ the fruit will come and the mission will be accomplished.
It is not for to us know what exactly we are sent to do; it is enough to know that we are sent. In God’s hands, our mission is important and eternally significant. A sense of being sent is the important matter at issue. He will take care of where we go, what we say, what we do and whom we see. He does the sending; we are sent.