KEY 1 OF 5
Whose mission is this, anyway?
It was never a specialty ministry — it is the plain agenda of the God every Christian already claims to follow.
Global mission is not a department of the church, assigned to a few enthusiasts. It is the stated agenda of God Himself, running from Genesis to Revelation, for the time between Christ’s ascension and His return.
Before God said “Let there be light,” before the sun, moon, stars, oceans, or a single living thing — He was already thinking of every person who would ever live. That is where value starts: not in what we accomplish, but in whose idea we were.
To engage well in what God is doing, five things need to be settled — not memorized as trivia, but genuinely known:
Person
Who God actually is
Purpose
What He is doing
Plan
How He is doing it
People
Who He works through
Process
How growth happens
Skip any one of the five and mission quietly turns into a program instead of a relationship — an obligation instead of the obvious next move for someone who has come to know a good and glorious God.
“Missions exists because worship doesn’t.” — John Piper
Get this key right, and the rest stop feeling like guilt. They start feeling like gratitude that moves.