Christ, God Visible
Saved to Engage Those Who Aren’t: The Mission Work of the Believer
Colossians 4:2-6
COLOSSIANS 4:2-6
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
The Christian life is an intentional life—you are called to mission, first in the home, and to everyone. Not only is it the spiritually healthy way to live, it is the Great Commission way you are called to live.
What do you need to do to be intentional about the mission of belonging to the family of God?
1. Devote yourself to prayer, because you need all the Divine help you can get! (Col. 4:2-4)
Your spiritual fitness is directly proportionate to the consistency of your prayer life—God grows us through His Word and our persistence in prayer.
- Watchful—Sin is always seeking to pounce on you (Gen. 4:7).
- Thankful—Being grateful infuses hope when life pressures dishearten.
- Missional—Mission-work is Divine-work that faces forceful opposition and complex circumstances. God opens the gospel into settings that would seem to be a bust
2. Since you are never not a Christian, act accordingly in the presence of those who don’t know Jesus. (Col. 4:5-6)
- Urgently opportunistic—We’re adding (subtracting), the world is multiplying.
- Gracious—"You can’t ridicule people into the Kingdom.”
- Spicy—We are promoting ABUNDANT LIFE!
- Culturally and theologically savvy—“People are their questions.”
Divine dependency through prayer, plus wise Christian conduct as directed by the Scriptures, is the pattern for daily living that is intentionally missional.
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