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Undivided Attention: On the Mission Right Before Us – Week of June 23, 2025
Undivided Attention: On the Mission Right Before Us – Week of June 23, 2025
All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, ‘It is true.’
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
Isaiah 43:9–10
ECME Devotion June 23, 2025
https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/ece-devotions/20250623ECME.mp3
See series: ECME Devotions
Are there days you simply feel like you’re just a referee in a room of four-year-olds? Settling arguments, picking up crayons, wiping noses, tying shoes…and then doing it all over again. You hear about “big” mission work happening overseas and wonder: Am I really doing something that matters?
Worse, you get distracted. You lose sight of why you’re here. You focus more on fixing behavior than feeding souls. You speak more about classroom rules than about Jesus. You worry more about pleasing parents than giving them the Gospel too.
Here’s the Law: we often fail to witness for Christ. We’ve let the mission drift to the background. We’ve gotten lazy, distracted, or simply tired. We’ve acted like the work before us doesn’t count – like God needs something flashier or farther away to be meaningful. That’s sin. It’s forgetting who we are and who we serve.
But listen again to what our God says:
“You are my witnesses… my servant whom I have chosen.”
Not “you might be” or “you should be,” but “you are.” By grace, through faith in Jesus, you have been chosen. Chosen, not because you are perfect, but because your Savior is. He lived, died, and rose again for you. He called you his own. And now he sends you, maybe not across the globe, but across the room – to the mission field of little faces and young families right in front of you.
That’s the beauty and the majesty of our calling – of our mission: every story time, every conversation over snack, each chat at pick-up time is an opportunity to reflect Jesus. You are his chosen witness!
God doesn’t ask you to be everywhere. He asks you to be faithful where he’s placed you. To give undivided attention to your mission, with a full heart, and with the Spirit’s help. God grant it!
Prayer:
Lord of the mission, forgive me for the times I lose sight of the mission you’ve given me. Thank you for choosing me by grace to be your witness. Give me the focus, joy, and love I need to serve all those you put in front of me today. May I always see the mission field as ripe, and may I reflect your love daily! Amen.
Christian Worship 21 744: 1, 3, 4 Rise, Shine, You People
Early Childhood Ministry Educator’s (ECME) Devotions are brought to you by WELS Commission on Lutheran Schools.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Undivided Attention: On the Mission Right Before Us – Week of June 23, 2025
All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, ‘It is true.’
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
Isaiah 43:9–10
ECME Devotion June 23, 2025
https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/ece-devotions/20250623ECME.mp3
See series: ECME Devotions
Are there days you simply feel like you’re just a referee in a room of four-year-olds? Settling arguments, picking up crayons, wiping noses, tying shoes…and then doing it all over again. You hear about “big” mission work happening overseas and wonder: Am I really doing something that matters?
Worse, you get distracted. You lose sight of why you’re here. You focus more on fixing behavior than feeding souls. You speak more about classroom rules than about Jesus. You worry more about pleasing parents than giving them the Gospel too.
Here’s the Law: we often fail to witness for Christ. We’ve let the mission drift to the background. We’ve gotten lazy, distracted, or simply tired. We’ve acted like the work before us doesn’t count – like God needs something flashier or farther away to be meaningful. That’s sin. It’s forgetting who we are and who we serve.
But listen again to what our God says:
“You are my witnesses… my servant whom I have chosen.”
Not “you might be” or “you should be,” but “you are.” By grace, through faith in Jesus, you have been chosen. Chosen, not because you are perfect, but because your Savior is. He lived, died, and rose again for you. He called you his own. And now he sends you, maybe not across the globe, but across the room – to the mission field of little faces and young families right in front of you.
That’s the beauty and the majesty of our calling – of our mission: every story time, every conversation over snack, each chat at pick-up time is an opportunity to reflect Jesus. You are his chosen witness!
God doesn’t ask you to be everywhere. He asks you to be faithful where he’s placed you. To give undivided attention to your mission, with a full heart, and with the Spirit’s help. God grant it!
Prayer:
Lord of the mission, forgive me for the times I lose sight of the mission you’ve given me. Thank you for choosing me by grace to be your witness. Give me the focus, joy, and love I need to serve all those you put in front of me today. May I always see the mission field as ripe, and may I reflect your love daily! Amen.
Christian Worship 21 744: 1, 3, 4 Rise, Shine, You People
Early Childhood Ministry Educator’s (ECME) Devotions are brought to you by WELS Commission on Lutheran Schools.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.
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