John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd once starred in a movie called "The Blues Brothers". They played a couple of ex-convict-wanna-be musicians who were trying to raise money for an orphanage. Anytime they were asked about their work, they had a standard response: "We're on a mission from God." They always said it as if they believed it. The very idea that two inept, unworthy human beings could be on a mission from God was, of course, the central joke of the whole story.
Here is the story of your life: You are on a mission from God.
Either that is true, or you have no purpose, no mission at all. Jesus put it like this: "You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world." Others have come before you. Others will come after you. But this is your day. If God's kingdom is to manifest itself right now, it will have to be through you. God Himself will not come to take your place. You are on a mission from God.
-- John Ortberg in If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
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