Should You Choose To Accept This Mission....

I grew up watching Mission Impossible. The moments the agent is presented with the new cases are my favorite part. 'Should you choose to accept this mission.....' And followed by the infamous theme song. Awesome!

I went to watch 'Ghost Protocol' and had so much fun. A combination of childhood memory, amazing stunts, smart plot and cool gadgets.

Impossible Mission Force. When we believe in Jesus, we are automatically drafted into Jesus-IMF team. Seriously. We are in this world but not of this world. We are called to be salt and light in the dark. We are like lambs in the midst of wolves. We are fighting against enemies we cannot see with our own eyes. We are to forgive those who persecute us. We are to love our enemies. We are to rejoice when we face adversity. We have to be a servant among those we lead. And these are just some of the examples.

A very interesting verse in John 12:25 says 'Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life'

Impossible if we do all of that without Holy Spirit to guide us. How could one hates his or her life? Revelation12:11  also states 'they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death'...

Amazing. We all are called to be God's agents of change in His own impossible mission force, to bring light in this dark world, to shine like stars with His love, with no fear of death.

Christmas is just a day away, and I am amazed by one of God's special agent. Her name is Mary. A young virgin girl who was chosen to cary baby Jesus in her womb. God was silent for 400 years until the day Gabriel paid Mary a visit. She was given a mission that would caused her to be rejected, despised and even killed. Mission Impossible. But in her humility and faith, she obeyed.

I could just imagine Gabriel said to her : Your mission, agent Mary, should you choose to accept it, involves you being pregnant and giving birth to a son. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.

And Mary accepted her mission.

When I watched Ghost Protocol, I thought, wow...they have the coolest gadgets! But, actually...we do too. 

We have the Holy Spirit, The Word of God, Blood of Jesus, the Covenant, Sword of the Spirit, and Paul explains to us that we all should put on our full armor of God that would put out the fiery darts from our enemies. Most of all, we have the power of prayer and relationship with God. 

Even though the whole world is out to get us, we are linked with the Maker of the heaven and the earth. He called us to be His agents. He gave us amazing gadgets. And He is Immanuel. He will always be with us. He never leaves us, and never even slumbers.

IMF Agents in Ghost Protocol had no plan, no back up, no choice. We on the other hands, are the beloved agents of God's IMF. Our God cannot be shot dead. Our gadgets will never ran out of battery. Our mission may cost us sweat, blood and tears, but we have been declared 'victorious' even before we began.

So beloved agents, should you choose to accept this mission, you will have to build a solid relationship with Jesus through prayers and The Word. You would go into a war between good and evil, where you may stumble and fall. Your partner, The Holy Spirit will help you and guide you to fulfill your mission. He will never leave you nor forsake you. May The Lord Your God be your award and satisfaction.

Your Fellow Agent,
Astrid Suryatenggara