Mothers, we have a mission from God!

There are times, mothers, when you feel as though you are not able to serve the Lord because you are so busy looking after children. You wish you could escape the frustrations and tediousness of each day and instead go out as a laborer on the mission field. Mother, I want to remind you that you are already a missionary. You already have a mission field. It’s right in front of your eyes.

In Matthew 9:37-38, Jesus said to his disciples, "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest."

As a mother in your home, you are fulfilling this scripture in two ways:

1. You are a laborer yourself as you train your children for the purposes God has planned for them.
2. You are supplying laborers for God’s harvest field as you receive the children He has planned for you and as you train them for God’s army.

Mothers, we have a mission from God! We have a destiny! Motherhood and training our children in God’s ways has been God’s plan for women from the beginning of creation, but I believe that there is a special call from God for the mothers of today. I believe the mothers of this hour could well be the mothers who will train the generation that will prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. We have a mighty task – greater than any time in history. Let’s take up our mission.

WHAT IS A MISSION?

Here are some dictionary meanings of the word ‘mission.’

To be assigned to a special work

Our purpose in life

That which we are fitted to do – our calling

The goal or task that we are destined to accomplish in life

Delegated to perform a specific or special task.

Life’s principal task.

Synonyms for mission are:

a charge, a duty, a trust, an assignment, an undertaking,

an enterprise, a mandate, a calling, and a pursuit.

A mission is also used in the context of a military operation:

It is a group of forces and resources especially of military units

for the accomplishment for a specific objective.

We know that God has given us ‘arrows’ to train for Him. Mothers, we are involved in military training. What an awesome task.