New Year!

We

want to see

you have the best year ever.

Vision

don’t want this year to be like last year. DIFFERENT! We need to

be different in 2020.

need a MISSION & a VISION.

Mission

is the WHAT. What are you going to do.

is the HOW. How are you going to do it.

Habakkuk

2:2 encouraged us to write down a vision from the Lord

Habakkuk

2:2 (NIV2011) Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and

make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.

You

need a mission & vision from the Lord.

You should WRITE IT

DOWN. You should remember it and set out to accomplish it.

A

vision so compelling that others will want to run with your vision.

We

need a mission & vision. I wonder if Jesus has a mission &

vision written down in Scripture.

Jesus

a man of Mission and Vision

Think

for a moment. Does Jesus have a mission & vision statement in

scripture?

did Jesus come to do? What was His mission?

John

6:38 (NIV2011) For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but

to do the will of him who sent me.

Jesus

came to do the will of the father. EXCLUSIVELY He did the will of the

Father.

…And

what was the Father’s will?

John

6:40 (NIV2011) For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to

the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise

them up at the last day.”

This

is WHAT Jesus came to do! He says it differently throughout the

Gospels, but it is the same 1 mission.

Luke

19:10 (NIV2011) For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the

lost.”

John

3:16 (NIV2011) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and

only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have

eternal life.

Jesus

came to do the will of the father and to save the lost.

Jesus

has a mission! He knew WHAT He came to do!

Do

we understand our mission? Do we know WHAT we are to do?

Jesus have a vision? Did Jesus know HOW he was going to accomplish?

Matthew

4:17 (NIV2011) From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent,

for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Jesus

preached repentance from sin. Jesus preached that God’s kingdom is

a reality that is coming nearer and nearer.

Mark

10:45 (NIV2011) For even the Son of Man did not come to be served,

but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Not

to be served… His HOW, his vision, was to serve, and to give his

life.

Luke

4:18-19 (NIV2011) “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has

anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to

proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the

blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s

favor.”

Jesus

is quoting Isaiah 61 and makes this his vision statement.

The

Spirit of the Lord is on me and is anointing me – this is HOW Jesus

is accomplishing.

How

will he proclaim the good news to the poor? The Spirit’s

anointing!

How

will he proclaim freedom for the prisoner and sight to the blind?

The Spirit’s anointing!

How

will he set the oppressed free and proclaim the year of the Lord’s

favor? The Spirit’s anointing!

Are

you trying to accomplish your mission & vision without the Holy

Spirit’s anointing?

The

SPIRIT is HOW Jesus accomplished. He didn’t try to do anything

without the Spirit.

Jesus

has vision! He knew HOW He was going to accomplish.

Do

we have vision? Do we know the HOW?

succeeded

His

Mission and Vision were accomplished.

It

is the reason we are here today.

Jesus

100% accomplished everything.

Why

would we follow anyone else?

Who

else is accomplished like Jesus?

I

want t give you a key to Jesus’ success.

saw His Mission & Vision everywhere

Jesus

saw his mission & vision in…

person. He saw it in people others would look past..

men – “Follow Me.”

sinful woman about to be stoned.

small man named Zacchaeus. Jesus called out to him…

situation

wedding party

hungry multitude

needs where people would run up to him asking for help.

day

even made some people mad when He healed people on the Sabbath.

Sorry but His mission & Vision NEVER RESTED.

your Mission & Vision everywhere

Every

person. – Even the people who you have trouble with…

Every

Situation. – Even the problems…

Every

Day. – Even the worst days.

wants you to succeed.

You

don’t have to beg or bargain with Jesus.

He

is for you and not against you.

Jesus

wants to help you, empower you, and fight on your behalf.

Will

you let Jesus help you?

I

don’t know what you think your mission is… Family, financial,

career, health, college… BUT Jesus wants you to succeed.

Jesus

is a man of mission & vision who succeeded in every way. As

people of Jesus He desires that we be people of mission & vision

and walk in continued success.

has given you a mission

Do

you care about the mission Jesus has given you?

Do

you know Jesus’s mission for you?

John

13:34-35 (NIV2011) “A new command I give you: Love one another. As

I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone

will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Your

mission – Love others with the love of Jesus.

Matthew

28:19-20 (NIV2011) Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the

Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded

you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Your

Mission – Make disciples.

Are

you too busy with your own personal mission, so that God’s mission

for you is not a priority?

Matthew

6:31-32 (NIV2011) So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’

or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the

pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows

that you need them.

When

you make HIS mission a priority, great things happen!

Matthew

6:33 (NIV2011) But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and

all these things will be given to you as well.

When

you seek first God’s mission, not only will you accomplish this

spiritual mission, but all the other missions will be added.

Is

God’s mission first place in your life or is it down the list of

priority?

Scripture

declares many times…

It

will be added to you… (Matthew 6:33)

He

will give you power… (Acts 1:8)

He

will give you the desires of your heart… (Proverbs 16:3, Psalm

37:4)

If

you really care about your personal mission, then you ought to make

God’s mission take first place in your life. Seek first the

kingdom of God.

Can

you make God’s Mission FIRST? priority