I love life! I enjoy seeing people reach after mountain-sized goals. One of the qualities I appreciate in people is focus. It is the valuable, sometimes rare quality of laser-like attention. Have you ever noticed WHO possess this type of quality? What kinds of people seem to charge through life with lion-hearted passion and ferocious focus? One thing is certain - apathetic people do not contain the drive necessary to achieve long-term focus and produce long-term results. What kind of people do? Well, if you have eyes that see, you will spot them everywhere.
One of the common denominators of people with this focus is that they all seem to be going somewhere. They have an insatiable goal they are pursuing. In a word, they are on a MISSION! There was one man who lived 2000 years ago emphatic about His mission. In fact, he was so driven by it that He died for it. He had the best mission and He lived it out to perfection-his name was Jesus Christ. In astounding fashion, as He is speaking to God His Father, Jesus said of His life in John 17:4, "I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do." Wow, what focus! What passion! What desire. What a fulfilled mission. Jesus "accomplished the work" which God gave Him to do. Have you accomplished the work which God has given you to do? Jesus accomplished His work because He knew He was on a mission from God. He was on a mission and He would not stop until the mission was done!
My friend, our world is screaming for people who know their mission and can help the gigantic needs of mankind. Which part of your world will you help today? Do you have that rare quality of focus? Do you have the passion and focus of someone on a mission, or do you often struggle with indecision, fear, worry, periods of apathy-even depression? Your problem might be bound up in the fact that you don't know why you exist and therefore don't have a sense of mission in your life. Can I encourage you to at all costs find why you exist. Take time to discover and search for YOUR mission. God says we have been created for His glory (Isaiah 43:7). The stakes are too high for you to continue with an unfocused vision which always leads to an unfinished mission. If you chase your mission in life, it will ultimately finish on dead-end streets. But if you learn and do God's mission for your life, I can promise you an adventure like no other. My friend, lay your plans at God's feet. Your mission is still unfinished. Make sure you know why you exist. Ask Him to show you why you exist (James 1:5). This is a process, but as you follow Him, He promises to direct you every step of the way. Let's say goodbye to apathy and indecision and start living out our mission. Leave behind your blurred vision, and start finishing the work He has called you to do. You'll be glad you did!
From my heart,
Rick Hoppe
Teaching Pastor
Faith Bible Church
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