Why I Am On Mission Series

• The passage says that God sends an angel to strengthen Him (pour in).

• Finally Jesus goes from there to give his life on the cross to forgive the sins of all mankind (ultimate pour out)

To the depth that I pour out to God is the depth that God pours into me. To the depth that God pours into me is the depth that I am able to pour into others.

That’s why we should follow Jesus’ example of pouring ourselves out to God, so HE can pour HIMSELF into us.

This is a big idea for us to follow- your friends, your family, your neighbors, your coworkers, or whoever else God puts in your path does NOT you- they need Jesus.

What Jesus was trying to explain and teach to Peter is the same for everyone who calls Jesus LORD

Jesus’ primary call on Peter’s or our lives is not ministry.

Jesus’ call on Peter’s life and our lives is and always will be intimacy.

And no matter what your position, your job, your past- Jesus’ primary call on your life is not just ministry- it is first and foremost intimacy with HIM.

Jesus told Peter on day one, “Follow me.”

Not do what I do or get in line—Jesus invited him first and foremost into a relationship.

THEN- Jesus says “I will make you a fisher of man.” Notice Peter’s job was not to become a fisher of men but simply follow Jesus and allow him to make Peter into whatever he wanted.”

We can get so wound up wondering what God wants to do in our lives, or who he wants us to be.

Stop that.

He wants to be your God. It’s very simple. Everything else will flow from that.

Otherwise We get all this stuff in our lives that makes us forget that our real identity is God given. God wants to cleanse us and remind us who we really are.

The two can’t ever be separated or we will fade over time. The exciting thing is that then out of our identity of being cleansed by God and refilled by His Spirit, He calls us to join him.

Listen to the last thing he tells Peter and the other disciples to do.

Read John 13: 13-17

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

He tells them to go do the same for others. As I’ve poured into you now you pour into others.

This story has multiple layers. Not only do we see where Jesus puts his foundation so that he’s able to stay on mission even when everyone else would give up or walk away.

We also find, as God pours more of himself into us, He will lead us to a greater level of service and sacrifice.

Everyone else in our world is about upward mobility. Get a better car, better house, better job, better paycheck.

God actually leads us to downward mobility. It’s so foreign to our culture but it’s His way. He exchanged a throne in heaven for a cross on earth.

Jesus tells us.

Read John 13:16-17

Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.