BBD 09.08.21 Your Mission (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

08 September 2021

Your Mission

For we
are God’s fellow workers…. - 1 Corinthians 3:9.

Over
the past several days (in 2003) we have mourned the loss of the Columbia
astronauts. They were all brilliant and courageous with so much more to offer
in service to the world if they had lived. The commitment and dedication of
those astronauts is an inspiration to all who aspire to greater service. Their
mission of conquering and learning more about space, which included expanding
all human knowledge, was a part of every aspect of their lives. Their mission
was a continual focus moving them forward to greater heights. Sunday morning
CNN newscaster Paula Zahn spoke with awe about their “devotion to the mission” and
their “sense of discipline.”

It may
be that in the background of our thoughts we are thinking if we had such a
great mission, we too would have devotion to the mission and great discipline
in achieving that mission. But the fact is that every child of God,
every Christian has a great mission. In many respects our mission,
your mission, is a greater mission than that of the shuttle astronauts. No,
you are not going out into space to go boldly where no human has gone
before. No, you have a greater mission. Eternal
destinies hang in the balance and your “devotion to the mission” and your “sense of discipline” will make the difference.

What is
your mission? It is an amazing thing. We are
to join God Himself in His work! We are to follow the example of Jesus
who said, “the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He
sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For
the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He
will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel (John 5:19-20).” We are to look to where the Father is working and join Him in that
work. The apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians makes it clear that we are co-laborers with God when he writes to
the Corinthians, “For we are God’s fellow
workers (1 Corinthians 3:9a).” Paul was
a fellow worker in Christ and often greeted others such as Priscilla and Aquila
in that way.

After
the resurrection of Jesus and before He ascended to Heaven He left some last
important instructions to his followers. “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that
I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age
(Matthew 28:18-20).” Those instructions,
actually commands, are still in effect for us today. That is your
mission. And, God has not changed His mind.

Will
you join God in this great mission? Will you blaze the trails so that others
will follow in the future? Will you have great devotion, courage, and
discipline in fulfilling the mission that God has given to you? Look around and
you will see that your Father is at work and is calling you to join in this
great work of eternal purpose. Remember the great example of devotion to
mission and discipline that the shuttle astronauts have given you and move
forward in the power of God (Acts 1:8) to complete your mission.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

08 September 2021

Your Mission

For we
are God’s fellow workers…. - 1 Corinthians 3:9.

Over
the past several days (in 2003) we have mourned the loss of the Columbia
astronauts. They were all brilliant and courageous with so much more to offer
in service to the world if they had lived. The commitment and dedication of
those astronauts is an inspiration to all who aspire to greater service. Their
mission of conquering and learning more about space, which included expanding
all human knowledge, was a part of every aspect of their lives. Their mission
was a continual focus moving them forward to greater heights. Sunday morning
CNN newscaster Paula Zahn spoke with awe about their “devotion to the mission” and
their “sense of discipline.”

It may
be that in the background of our thoughts we are thinking if we had such a
great mission, we too would have devotion to the mission and great discipline
in achieving that mission. But the fact is that every child of God,
every Christian has a great mission. In many respects our mission,
your mission, is a greater mission than that of the shuttle astronauts. No,
you are not going out into space to go boldly where no human has gone
before. No, you have a greater mission. Eternal
destinies hang in the balance and your “devotion to the mission” and your “sense of discipline” will make the difference.

What is
your mission? It is an amazing thing. We are
to join God Himself in His work! We are to follow the example of Jesus
who said, “the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He
sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For
the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He
will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel (John 5:19-20).” We are to look to where the Father is working and join Him in that
work. The apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians makes it clear that we are co-laborers with God when he writes to
the Corinthians, “For we are God’s fellow
workers (1 Corinthians 3:9a).” Paul was
a fellow worker in Christ and often greeted others such as Priscilla and Aquila
in that way.

After
the resurrection of Jesus and before He ascended to Heaven He left some last
important instructions to his followers. “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that
I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age
(Matthew 28:18-20).” Those instructions,
actually commands, are still in effect for us today. That is your
mission. And, God has not changed His mind.

Will
you join God in this great mission? Will you blaze the trails so that others
will follow in the future? Will you have great devotion, courage, and
discipline in fulfilling the mission that God has given to you? Look around and
you will see that your Father is at work and is calling you to join in this
great work of eternal purpose. Remember the great example of devotion to
mission and discipline that the shuttle astronauts have given you and move
forward in the power of God (Acts 1:8) to complete your mission.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org