Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It
Every Christian has a Promised Land waiting for them. Here’s what’s standing between you and it.
This post is part of our
Basic Training! Stage 1 series.
“Welcome to Stage 1: Operation Purity”
Remember the opening of every Mission Impossible film? Ethan Hunt gets a message describing an impossible-sounding mission, and despite the odds, he steps up and takes it anyway. It’s a great piece of storytelling — and it’s not far from the truth of your own life.
You have a Mission Possible
Here’s the plain truth in Biblical terms: every Christian has a personal, specific piece of ground God has assigned them to take for His Kingdom before they die. You weren’t placed where you are by accident. You were embedded exactly where the need is greatest — which means you were built for exactly this moment.
Genuine salvation was never meant to be the finish line. It’s the starting point: you get saved so you can help save others. Growing in Christ means growing past your own struggles specifically so you’re equipped to fulfill the mission you were made for. That mission is your destiny — your own Mission Possible.
The enemy’s strategy: take you out before you even start
Here’s the sobering part. Most believers never come close to reaching their Promised Land — not because God changed His mind, but because they get taken out along the way, often before the mission even begins. There are real giants standing between you and what you were called to do, and for many of us, those giants look like addiction, isolation, unresolved trauma, or habits we can’t seem to shake.
If sexual sin, secrecy, or shame have quietly consumed the years you were meant to spend on your calling, you’re not alone — and it’s not too late.
Every hero has to cross a wilderness first
Here’s something easy to miss: no one gets to skip the desert. Every person Scripture calls into a significant mission first passes through a season of sacrifice, testing, and refinement. It’s in that wilderness — not before it — that character like self-control gets built. God doesn’t cause the hardship, but He uses it, exposing the wounds and immaturities that need healing before you’re ready to carry what He’s calling you to carry.
This means your current struggle — whatever form it takes — isn’t a disqualifying detour from your mission. It’s very possibly the wilderness you have to move through on the way to it. Even Jesus, before stepping into His own ministry, passed through the wilderness first. No one gets a shortcut. Not even the Son of God.
No giant is too big to disqualify you
If you’re tempted to believe your past is too damaged, your addiction too deep, or your story too broken for a mission like this — consider this: the men and women who’ve walked out of the deepest pits are often the ones who go on to lead others out of theirs. Genuine repentance doesn’t just forgive the past. It puts you back on the path toward exactly what you were made for.
Whatever your desert currently looks like, it doesn’t have the final word. The truth still sets people free, no matter how many years the struggle has lasted.
Ready to start?
This week, we’ll be digging deeper into the three things Pureheart exists to help you reclaim: Purity, Maturity, Destiny. If you’re ready to face your own wilderness and start moving toward the mission you were made for, we’d love to walk that road with you.
Adapted from Pureheart Ministry’s Basic Training! Stage 1: Operation Purity
Copyright ©2023 Timothy Davis
Related Reading:
“Purity: Why Even Jesus Had to Die to Self”
“Private Pervert vs. Captain Clean: Which One Are You?”
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