“The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.” – Jesus of Nazareth (John 12:45)

GodReflection: Power Word Wednesday

Anyone who has ever had a parent, a wife, a husband or a child has countless examples of being sent on an errand. Common to each experience is an assignment and the expectation of results.

How about an assignment from Creator God?

As I read through Old Testament Scripture I see a God who never hesitated to send celestial Angels or common humans on an assignment.

God sent Abraham, his son, and grandson to establish a people who were to be witnesses of His Grandeur and Holiness to the nations. The remainder of the Old Testament is the story of a people who wanted no part in following God or reflecting His Holiness.

Those Scriptures also contain God’s greatest promise—His Son would be sent to redeem all creation. The people of God would indeed witness His Majesty and Holiness to the nations.

Hundreds of years passed when in God’s perfect time He sent His Son Jesus as a manger baby who was to be a sacrificial offered for all humankind and was to reflect the heart and the love of God for all to see.

However, Jesus wasn’t the last messenger sent by God.

After the resurrection—at the close of Jesus earthly ministry he gives instruction to the eleven apostles. “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21).

Jesus will send the Holy Spirit to empower their mission. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8)

The Apostles are now ready to be sent.

Then it happens.

Jews from every nation under heaven were in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit made His arrival.

So Peter preached, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38).

The remainder of the New Testament is the story of the Church—the body of Jesus—sent to establish a people who were to witness to God’s Grandeur and Holiness to the nations.

So, two thousand years later I find myself attempting to live as one of the sent ones of Jesus.

My mission is still the one described by Jesus, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent (John 6:29) whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24).

Ok, what do I do with my here and now?

No matter where I am on my earth walk I must stand ready to be sent. With the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit I am to keep my antenna extended for Holy assignments.

Sent is being a window that allows the Holy to shine through in a way that others can catch a glimpse of God’s Grandeur and Holiness.

To be sent is to be on mission.

To be sent is not necessarily another nation assignment. It is being light wherever my location.

It seems to me that sent should be a dynamite power word to guide my walk—don’t you think?

Stay tuned.

Dr. Gary J. Sorrells – A GodReflection on Sent.

Gary@Godreflection.org     www.MakeYourVisionGoViral.com