Wednesday, June 3, 2026
We were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition. For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive. Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.1 Thessalonians 2:2b-4
Approved and Entrusted by God to Share His Good News
Everyone likes a do-over, especially if you have lived in the depths of consequences in your life. A clean slate, a new beginning - they are dreams that always feel just out of reach. But when we become followers of Jesus that is exactly what we get – a brand new beginning. It doesn’t change some things in our lives. We may still have to live in some consequences, but in our hearts we have snow white new start in a new life in Christ.
Some people who may have known us before this transformation may see a drastic difference in how we live our lives now – and that’s great! That is how it is supposed to be. Their lives will be touched by our transformation, sometimes in ways we may never know. That is the way of the Gospel. We are called to bring the good news, to live out our testimonies with our lives every day, to show God’s love and glory to all those around us, and to give the good news of the gospel of Christ to all who will hear it. That is what being an everyday missionary is. Everyday Missionaries - ordinary people empowered by an extraordinary God for an extraordinary mission. As believers we are called to be Everyday Missionaries as we walk out our faith in our day to day lives. How do we practically live out a life of being everyday missionaries in our world?
In the last sermon in the series Everyday Missionaries, Pastor Jim spoke about how becoming a believer is not the finish line, but the starting line. It is where we begin our walk with Christ, growing and building momentum along the way. Then we go back to the starting line to cheer others across and run alongside them until it is time for both to go back again and help others across the line.
Along the way there are some things that we need to keep in mind. Pastor Jim gave us several points that help us practically live out a life of being everyday missionaries in our world:
Identify people who need the gospel. Know your neighbors. Know your mission field. Meet the needs around you. Pay attention to the people in your lives. Don’t just bump up against those you do life with head hung low. Look up. Talk to them. Hear their stories. It is amazing who God brings into our lives sometimes. Everyone he brings into our lives are all apart of our own personal mission field. Nothing is ever coincidental or by mistake. God is in control of all things and that means we need to pay attention to the people in our lives. Do they have a relationship with Christ? Do they have needs you could meet, to be the hands and feet of Christ?
Invest in others as you share the gospel. Pour into other people. Show them the gospel with your life before you ever even speak of it. Jesus modeled how to invest in others with his whole life. He gave his life investing in our eternal life. The old saying “Actions speak louder than words,” is never truer than when we are helping others to feel the gospel through our actions. They will quickly pick up when they don’t feel it due to our actions.
Invite people into disciple-making relationships. Knowing our neighbors and mission field is important, as is investing in them. But we cannot stop there. To truly be an agent of change for the kingdom, we have to go further by inviting them into a growing disciple-making relationship. This invitation is not even from us. It is from Jesus and we have to be willing to extend his invitation to them.
Increase disciples by sending disciples. Disciples make disciples. This was the Great Commission Jesus gave us just as he ascended into heaven. Making disciples is not about leading people to Christ. It is about leading them to a whole new way of life – to become everyday missionaries as they go back to the starting line and help others across.
As his followers, …we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts. God has not only called us to share his gospel, but approved and entrusted us to share his gospel. It pleases him when weare obedient and trustworthy with what he has approved and entrusted us with.
Who is there in your life that needs the gospel?
Who needs some basic needs met that you have the ability to meet?
Have you invested in those around you by showing them the gospel with your whole life?
Who are you discipling right now?
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19
