Primary Mission Declared

February 22

(Luke 5:31-32 NIV) ““Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. {32} I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.””

(Luke 4:18-19 NIV) “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

(Luke 19:10 NIV) “The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Knowing our purpose for living is a good thing. Jesus certainly knew His. He didn’t come to dine with royalty as one would expect of the King of kings. He didn’t come to muse with the greatest of religious scholars or to fill stadiums. Jesus came to call sinners to repentance. He came to preach good news to the poor, and to free oppressed captives. He came to open our blind eyes and heal our sin damaged hearts. He came to seek and save those who are lost. Jesus came for this world’s “have-nots”, “know-nots”, “low-lifes”, and “wannabes”. He came for tax collectors, harlots, addicts, and drunks. He even came for those who classify themselves as “good people”. There are no first, second, or third class people in the eyes of God -- there are only lost people and saved people. Which are you today? And when will His purpose finally become your purpose? -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day