Sent: Why the Mission of God Should Set You on Fire

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This past Sunday, I had the privilege of sharing something that I believe is close to the very heart of God: His mission to reach people who are far from Him. We're in week two of our series called Sent, and I want to take a few minutes to walk you through what I shared—because I believe this message has the potential to change the way you see your everyday life.

God Has Always Been on a Mission

Let me start with a question that might seem simple but runs deeper than you think: What is missions?

Here's how I'd put it. From the very beginning in Genesis, God created us for relationship with Him. Then sin entered the picture and shattered that relationship. And immediately—immediately—God said, "I'm going to do everything I can to restore it." That is missions. It's God's relentless desire to win people back to Himself.

The entire Bible is the story of God preserving a people to bring us Jesus. The center point of the mission of God is Jesus Christ, our risen King. Everything points to Him. Everything flows from Him.

When we understand that, missions stops being a program and starts being a passion.

Three Ways Every Christian Should Be Involved

Here's something I want to be honest about: when it comes to missions, this isn't a menu where you pick one item and call it done. There are three ways that every follower of Jesus should be engaged in reaching people far from God—and all three matter.

First, pray. Missions begins in the prayer closet. Do you have someone in your life who doesn't know Jesus? Pray for them—regularly, specifically, persistently. Ask God to soften their heart and tenderize it to receive the gospel. Pray for missionaries, church planters, and pastors doing the work of mission around the world.

Second, go. You don't have to travel overseas to go on a missions trip. The shortest missions trip in the world is across the street to your neighbor. Or across the living room to your child who's not walking with the Lord. Just this past week, I had the privilege of traveling specifically for the purpose of telling someone about Jesus Christ. That's part of the DNA of the Christian church. We go to people who are far from God.

Third, give. Generosity is one of the most powerful tools in the mission of God. Tithing is the baseline discipline for every Christian—it's how we provide for the ministry of our local church. And as a church, we tithe 10% of everything you give to missionaries, church planters, and mission partners around the world. Your generosity has a reach you may never fully see this side of heaven.

The Eternal Return on Kingdom Investment

I want to share something that genuinely moved me as I was preparing this message and reflecting on our partnership with one of our missions partners, Priority One.

Think about the way people talk about investments and returns. There's a phrase—ROI, return on investment. When you give to the kingdom of God, the return is eternal. It lasts for generations.

When we help build a church, there will be people worshiping in that building 50 years from now who give their lives to Jesus, who raise their kids in that church, who get married in that building. We may never meet them. But we'll know them one day in heaven.

That's the kind of fruit Jesus was talking about when He said He wants us to bear "fruit that remains." When you give to build the kingdom, you are planting seed that will outlast all of us.

The Question That Changes Everything

As I close, I want to leave you with the question I've been sitting with all week: What is God asking me to do with His money?

Because here's the truth—everything we have belongs to Him. Our finances, our time, our willingness to go. When we hold that loosely and ask God to direct it, He has a way of stretching us into something we never imagined.

I want to challenge you this week to pray that prayer genuinely. Ask God to give you a heart for people who are far from Him. Ask Him if there's someone He's calling you to reach—across the street, across the living room, or across the world. And ask Him what He wants you to do with what He's entrusted to you.

The mission of God is still moving. And you and I get to be a part of it.

If this message stirred something in you, I'd love for you to watch the full sermon on our website or YouTube channel. And if you want to go deeper, join one of our small groups this week—there's no better place to wrestle with these questions alongside people who are on the journey with you.

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