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Pastors Message:

WHAT IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT?

Did you know that you have an assignment? It is not a homework assignment or something that needs to be turned in to the church. Rather, God has given you an assignment to accomplish something for God. We are told about our assignment in Ephesians 2:10 where it says: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” This means that God created you to accomplish your assignment. God has something for you to do that has been prepared for you just as you are prepared for it. The word “works” in this verse means effort, occupation, act or work. So, God has prepared something awesome for you to work at or do.

Some believers get anxious when they find out that they are to do good works. They get anxious because they don’t want to miss what they are supposed to accomplish and perhaps are unsure that what they are doing is the “it” that they are created for. I always tell people not to worry. This same verse tells us that you are God’s workmanship and have been created by God for your assignment. So, the question you should ask in order to find your assignment is not “What is my assignment?” but rather, “What do I like to do?” Ask yourself questions like “What is my passion?” “What am I good at?” These types of questions will start to zero you in to your target. Then, just do what you can with all of your heart. Do it as an assignment from God.

This reminds me of a story of a very ordinary Sunday School teacher. He was so burdened for a student in his class that he decided to go visit him at his job. At a shoe store, Edward Kimball told this young man of Christ’s love. The young man made a decision for Christ then and there in the shoe stockroom. This young man was Dwight Moody who later became one of the greatest evangelists in America. He founded the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Just think if this ordinary Sunday School teacher had not accomplished his assignment. The greatest thing he ever did was to have a burden for this one young man and lead him to Christ. You might think that what you are doing is very ordinary. Yet, when we do what we do as an assignment, God enters the picture. Then, God can lead us at work, school, or at home to accomplish “good works” for eternity.

Pastor Sandra Turnbull