{"id":2123,"date":"2025-09-17T01:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.asiaseminary.com\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:18:14","slug":"committing-to-a-new-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.asiaseminary.com\/committing-to-a-new-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Committing to a New Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.<strong>1 Kings 19:21<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman once showed her Christian pastor a handbook from her former religion. That religion emphasized her good works rather than God\u2019s gift of salvation. It\u2019s like she was under a yoke of slavery. When she came to know Jesus and his full and free forgiveness, she was relieved; a weight was lifted off her shoulders. After looking at the book briefly, the pastor handed it back to her, but she refused, \u201cI don\u2019t need that anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Elisha was called to serve God as a prophet, one who would share God\u2019s word, he left his old profession behind. There was no turning back. He made sure of that by barbecuing his oxen over the coals of his wooden plow. It\u2019s like he said, \u201cI don\u2019t need that anymore!\u201d He was committing himself to a new mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are brought to faith in Jesus, you are called away from empty and ordinary things of this life\u2014things that don\u2019t bring lasting meaning\u2014and are given a wonderful new perspective and purpose. First, the new perspective is that you now see you are saved by Jesus and his work, not yours. This lifts a burden of guilt that was crushing you to spiritual and eternal death. This good news gives a new purpose and mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For you, that likely doesn\u2019t mean abandoning your profession or leaving your home behind like Elisha. It involves committing to a life that honors Jesus and trusts in Jesus. It means abandoning old attitudes, leaving behind those old self-serving goals, and being a servant of Christ. It means doing the things you ordinarily would do, but now with a new sense of mission\u2014to serve and live for the God who served and saved you. When old habits or old attitudes try to call us back, we can say, \u201cI don\u2019t need that anymore! All I need is mine in Christ!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Create in me a new heart, O God, and renew my attitude so that I may always trust and honor you. Amen.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Elisha left him and went back. 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