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Gospel Shapes Our Mission 

We are all on a mission. A life without a mission is meaningless. Oftentimes we seek meaning by being on mission like the rest of this world in our pursuits for success, money, fame, position and status. 

Jesus came to earth on a specific mission: to glorify the Father. Jesus sends us on a specific mission into this world. 

What shapes our mission? How do I know if the gospel is transforming my mission in life? 

Our mission is tied to what we glory. The things we glory in determine how we spend our time, money, resources and who we spend it with. If we glory in position, comfort, success, then it shapes our motivations in life. It shapes our choices and priorities. It rules over us. 

Oftentimes we live for our own glory. We want to be great, comfortable and significant. There is nothing inherently wrong with these but if they become our ultimate goals, then they control our lives and make us slaves. 

The gospel shapes our mission by making us glory in Christ. He is our chief ambition. He is the one we pursue with all our heart. We realise nothing in this world satisfies us and even if it does, it is temporal and fleeting. When I understand that Jesus came on a mission to rescue me and deliver me so I can be accepted and eternally forgiven, when I understand that my value and identity is in Christ who loves me lavishly, then what I pursue and how I pursue it, changes. 

The result of a gospel shaped mission is joy and the response to God’s call of mission is obedience. How can you allow God to shape your mission? Look at the glory of Christ. Look at the beauty of the gospel. The gospel heals our hearts from vain pursuits and makes us people who are on mission with Jesus in renewal of this world.