SCRIPTURE: John (NIV) 7:16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me…
18 …he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth….
28 …he who sent me is true. You do not know him, …
29 but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”…
33 …then I go to the one who sent me.
OBSERVATION: Of the many words to describe Jesus only three or four are used more then the word “sent.” And when reference is made to him being sent, it is usually Jesus doing the talking! This is how Jesus saw himself. This is how He describes himself.
APPLICATION: Jesus later said, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you!” (John 17:18 and 20:21) The Sent One is sending me.
So, this is how I must see myself. I am “sent.” I must be diligent about reaching out to those to whom the Father has sent me. To the people I meet today, I need to remember that it is not by chance that I meet them, but I have been sent.
What a difference it will make in our meetings, if I remember that I am sent. I have a message to deliver. The message may be in a smile; it may be in a warm greeting; it may be a message of encouragement or acceptance; it may be that today is the day of salvation!
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, keep me aware of the opportunities to deliver the message God has assigned me. Many of God’s messages are delivered in pieces. The piece of God’s message that I am to deliver will be joined with a piece from someone else. May the piece assigned to me not be missing. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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