Discover practical steps to find joy and purpose as you fulfill your mission in your Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth.
Learn how to enjoy and embrace each stage of your spiritual mission—whether in your Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, or the ends of the earth. This video offers practical guidance and encouragement for fulfilling your calling with joy and purpose. Perfect for anyone seeking clarity and motivation in their faith journey. Subscribe for more insights and inspiration on living out your mission!
Trevor H Lund is an encourager, writer, and authorpreneur dedicated to helping people discover peace, joy, and hope in all circumstances. He encourages others through his blog, podcast, and live casts at revtrev.com, shares his writing at trevorlund.com, and teaches in Live LIGHT Academy at livelight.ca.
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When Jesus was saying good-bye to his disciples they kept asking him if now—after his death and resurrection—he’d free Israel and restore the kingdom.
He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:7-8 NLT
Did you catch that? In my experience we guilt people into sharing their faith. How can you be in an evangelical church and not be evangelize personally?
Guilt is not good motivation to reach Your Mission
It’s easy to make Christians feel guilty for not being excited always share their faith.
I’ve found guilt is not a good motivator of people. And that’s the opposite of what Jesus taught His disciples. He sent them out to perform miracles and tell people about the kingdom. And then he told them they would receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on them to be His witnesses.
That call—to receive power to be His witnesses—is still with us today. And you and I have our own Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria and ends of the earth.
The supernatural act of being transferred from the dominion of darkness into the Kingdom of Light cannot be done by natural means. Any program that uses some earthly strategy and denies the power of Holy Spirit needed to accomplish it, has a form of godliness but denies the power therein (2 Timothy 3:5). Isn’t something we should entertain.
Our Part - God’s Part in Your Mission
We have a part—YES— but God has a much bigger role. Consider this:
- No one can come to God unless the Father draws them. - John 6:44
- No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. - 1 Corinthians 12:3
- Jesus, being lifted up, draws everyone to himself - John 12:32
The whole Godhead has a role in the revelation of Jesus Christ to each of our hearts.
Really, our role is so minor, but so necessary. Yet even in our role Philippians 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
What I’m trying to say about Your Mission
What I’m trying to say is this:
Please don’t do in the natural what was meant for the supernatural.
Take a page out of Paul’s book:
They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum. Romans 15:18-19
We can’t get overwhelmed with the call - because we can’t finish in the flesh what was started in the Spirit. (Galatians 3:3)
Time to get to the strategy for Your Mission
Saying all that…Jesus and His disciples had a different strategy for Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth. And every one these strategies include the supernatural to work through them.
Your Mission to Jerusalem
So let’s start by looking at Jerusalem.
I’ve got some good news and some not some good news for you.
The good news is you have people around you who love you, or at least like you and want the best for you. These are family and friends who are like family.
God wants you to know He cares—even more than you do—for them. He wants you to love them so they can love Him and love others.
You know them. You love them.
You know what they like and don’t like.
You know how they like to communicate and how they won’t communicate.
You have been trained and bred and positioned and entrusted to reach this mission field.
This is your Jerusalem. It’s those closest to you, the ones most familiar to you, the ones you’re comfortable with.
That’s the good news.
God loves the people you love and has done everything necessary for them to be in right relationship with Him.
The promise of the Holy Spirit is for you and your children and all who are far off. (Acts 2:39)
The not so good news is that family and friends who are like family are the ones who know you the best as well…and that means it’s tough.
It’s not easy. It’s tough.
It’s tough. Jerusalem is the place that can kill us.
Jesus said
“In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day--for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!” Luke 13:33
The ones closest to us are the ones who can hurt us the most. It can be intentional or unintentional. They want the best for us—even though they may not know what the best is for us. And they can mess up our best very easily and unwittingly. They can be embarrassed by us or embarrassed for us.
It’s not easy. It’s tough.
It was tough for Jesus and it can be tough for us.
Your Mission to Reach your Jerusalem is tough
It’s tough.
Our family and friends who are like family won’t be the first to believe us.
Jesus had that problem. John tells us
John 7:5 (NLT) For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
It’s tough.
Our family and friends who are like family don’t give us the same respect a stranger will.
Jesus had that problem.
Mark 6:4 (NLT) Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honoured everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”
It’s tough.
Our family and friends who are like family are the ones who know the words that can hurt.
Jesus had that problem.
John 7:3–5 (NLT) Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, where your followers can see your miracles! You can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world!” For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
It’s tough.
Our family and friends who are like family are the first to call us crazy.
Jesus had that problem.
Mark 3:21 (NLT) When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.
If Jesus himself couldn’t force his family to share his convictions, you’re not going to be able to force yours.
It’s tough. But you and I can do what Jesus did and taught us to do.
It’s tough.
Our family and friends who are like family are the ones who question who YOU are and who YOU are becoming.
Jesus had that problem.
The cousin who declared Jesus the lamb of God - later asked him if he was the one or if he got it wrong. Jesus’s response shows us his focus. He said
Luke 7:22 NLT “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.””
His strategy for us to reach our Jerusalem is
Inexplicable Transformation
Wives, how are you to win your husband? Is it to talk him over to your side? Can you nag him to Christ? You know that won’t work. Peter says
1 Peter 3:1-2 NLT …even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over by observing your pure and reverent lives.
That is Inexplicable Transformation. You are yourself—showing Jesus— more and more to the ones you love.
It’s in the day-to-day of everyday that people see you reveal more and more of Jesus to them.
Transformation is Holy Spirit’s work.
We can’t show inexplicable transformation in our own strength, or our own goodness. When we do we’re the ones to get the glory. When Holy Spirit does the work, Jesus gets the credit.
What’s our role in transformation?
Romans 12:2 HCSB “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
Do not be conformed but be transformed.
How are we transformed?
We are being transformed by the renewing of our mind. Romans 12:2
But it’s still God helping us
Ephesians 4:21-23 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
Did you catch that? “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes”.
It’s Holy Spirit who transforms us. It’s not something we can do in ourselves. We didn’t save ourselves, we won’t transform ourselves. We can’t finish in the flesh what was started in the Spirit. In fact, Paul tells us in Galatians 5:16
Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Holy Spirit empowers us to transform.
Jesus result
Jesus did not let the difficult dynamic of his family overshadow his purpose. And because he didn’t, their story has a happy ending. Do you know what happened to Jesus’ family?
They moved from mocking to worship
Acts 1:14 (NLT) They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.
One brother became an apostle (Gal. 1:19) and others became missionaries (1 Corinthians 9:5).
We need to give our family and friends who are like family space, time, and grace to change. They need to see Jesus in us. Holy Spirit will finish the good work He’s started in them.
Your Mission to Judea
When it comes to being witnesses for Jesus in our Judea I have good news for you and not so good news for you and some real good news for you.
Good news - “Judea” are people you are really comfortable with. They’re not really what you’d call close friends, but you could be friends or would be friends if you could. You trust them enough to do business with them. You drive each other’s kids to practice or games. You speak their language. You live in their world. You like these people. These people will probably not kill you.
Not so good news - Jesus warned that some will judge you, hate you, persecute you and call you names, flog you and send you to judges.
But the real good news - They’re not really doing it to you, they’re doing it to Jesus and He has some strategies for you to be as shrewd as serpents and harmless as doves.
Your role: follow your compassion.
God’s role: Show the Kingdom through you.
I’m going to tell you the account of when Jesus sends out his 12 disciples in Matthew 10. We’ll look at the reason for the commissioning and the commission. Then we’ll jump ahead to His warning. Then we’ll go back to the strategy He gives them and see how we can apply it today.
Matthew 9:35 - 10:7 NLT
Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness. Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter), then Andrew (Peter’s brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (James’s brother), Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him). Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans, but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep. Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
Notice a few things here. First, Jesus had compassion on the crowd. Compassion always moves God. It’s not need that moves the hand of God. It’s His compassion. Be led by your compassion. We’re told not to turn off our compassion. (1 John 3:17)
Remind me if I don’t this up later. This is huge for us.
Next, Jesus has his disciples to pray for workers to get in the field, then immediately sends them to be workers in the field. Pay attention to prayer burdens—it’s a good place for compassion to lead from. God may be setting you up to be moved by compassion.
Let your compassion lead you. Remember to pray and obey and oh yah…let the supernatural flow through you.
Now let’s jump down to some of the warnings Jesus gives them - verse 16.
Matthew 10:16-25 NLT “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves. But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me. When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time. For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. “A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed. And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved. When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.“Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master. Students are to be like their teacher, and slaves are to be like their master. And since I, the master of the household, have been called the prince of demons, the members of my household will be called by even worse names!
Notice again, it’s family that can kill you. People in Judea will judge you, hate you, persecute you and call you names. ... Whip you and send you before judges.
That’s not the good news, but it’s news we need to be ready for.
Reaching our Judea isn’t something that can be done without the empowering of Holy Spirit.
We just don’t proclaim the Kingdom, we show the Kingdom…let’s get into that. Let’s look at Jesus’s strategy for them and strategy for us.
Matthew 10:7-15 NLT Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received! “Don’t take any money in your money belts—no gold, silver, or even copper coins. Don’t carry a traveler’s bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed. “Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town. When you enter the home, give it your blessing. If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing. If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave. I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
Let me sum up
Jesus’ strategy for them to reach Judea.
Supernatural Interaction and Counterintuitive Reciprocity
Supernatural Interaction
The “Go” in His statement actually means “As you go…”
It’s in the day-to-day of everyday that we declare the Kingdom of Heaven. It’s in our everyday, going to work, eating, sleeping, breathing lives. It’s not an event or a one-time mission trip. It’s as we go we proclaim the good news.
What is the good news?
Jesus is king, and that’s a good thing.
The Kingdom is near, because it’s in us. The Kingdom is here because Jesus is King and that’s a good thing.
Jesus said:
As you go announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons.
Too often the supernatural is ignored in discipleship training because people allow their experience to dictate theology instead of teaching what Jesus taught.
The supernatural is essential in reaching those in Judea. We can’t deny that. We can’t ignore it. We can’t keep it behind the walls of the church. It’s for those who God wants to show Jesus is King and that’s a good thing. They need to see it before they believe it.
We can teach you these things and release you in these things.
Understand these signs will follow those who believe…
Mark 16:17-18 NLT These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”
Start to expect the miraculous signs. Don’t be satisfied with what you can figure out in your own brain. Pay attention to what God is doing when you feel compassion.
I’ve found when I don’t shut off compassion God surprises me with signs and wonders. When I am led by compassion I get to see more of the miracles of God.
Supernatural Interaction and
Counter-intuitive Reciprocity
What did Jesus tell them to do?
Stay in the town, for as long as people are willing to serve you.
His key of counterintuitive reciprocity was “Let them serve you.”
Talk about being as shrewd as serpents and harmless as doves.
Let them serve you.
Conclude Judea
So to reach your Judea—the people you like and who like you— show them supernatural interaction and use counterintuitive reciprocity.
I can explain why this works on so many levels. I can show you how it’s worked in my life, but no time right now. For now let’s move on to Samaria.
Your Mission to Samaria
If Jerusalem is where we are home and Judea is the place we’re the most comfortable, Samaria is the place Jesus takes us where we are not the most comfortable.
The not really good news:
Samaria are people we’re not naturally connected with. They are people who don’t know you and may already be judging you.
We’re not in the same social groups or ethnic groups, or religious group or political group or gender group or married group, or generational group or…. We might not self-identify like they do. They are outside our personal circles.
If you thought the first two were tough, this one is going to make you uncomfortable… but it’s worth it.
Jesus will take us to the place we’re not the most comfortable.
Following Jesus is not easy. If anyone has told you it is easy they’re either ignorant or lying.
Jesus said:
Luke 9:23-26 NLT Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed? If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
He also said
John 15:18-20 NLT “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you
He also said
Luke 14:26-27 NASB “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
So what made you think he wouldn’t take you where you not comfortable?
What makes you think your comfort is any of his concern?
I realize this is not good news.
The good news:
The strategy Jesus and the apostles give us for Samaria is Miraculous Action and Radical Compassion
Miraculous Action
John 4 and Acts 8 both specially focus on supernatural gifts and miracles taking place in Samaria. It is the core of what Jesus did, and later what Philip did, and after him what Peter and John did when they were in Samaria. There were signs and wonders and miracles that proceeded the teaching.
It seems the places we’re most uncomfortable are places God reveals His power.
We can take you on Treasure Hunts and you can experience this for yourself.
Radical Compassion
It was towns in Samaria that didn’t want Jesus to come in when he was heading towards Jerusalem to die:
Luke 9:52-56 He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival. But the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them. So they went on to another village.
The amazing thing is it was in Samaria that Jesus said:
John 4:35 -38 NLT Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
You can be the answer to somebody else’s prayer.
Sometimes we plant, sometimes we water, sometimes we harvest. God is one who brings the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6-9).
When we plant, water and see the harvest it’s awesome. We rejoice with all the angels in heaven. (Luke 15:10) It’s glorious.
When we reap where we didn’t plant or water, it’s awe-inspiring and humbling. Whenever we see we’re the answer to somebody else’s prayer it’s awesome!
Who might be the ones who you’re not the most comfortable with?
Maybe it’s social-economic? Are you not the most comfortable around successful people? Or maybe you’re not the most comfortable around people who don’t have much?
Maybe it’s religious lines you don’t want to cross? Are you not the most comfortable around people of different faith or no faith?
Maybe it’s generational gaps? Are you not the most comfortable around people younger or older than you?
Maybe it’s behavioural? Are you not the most comfortable around people who practice what you know is sin?
Maybe it’s cognitive? Are you not the most comfortable with people who don’t think the same way do you?
Other? Is Holy Spirit highlighting a specific group?
I don’t think any of us are comfortable with everyone all the time. I believe there are people we just don’t feel comfortable around and are not the most comfortable getting to know them. I’m not suggesting you put yourself in harms way. I’m not saying you have to hang around violent, angry people when they are violent and angry.
I am saying you need to have eyes to see, ears to hear and hands to do what Holy Spirit is leading you to do. He will work all things together for the good of those He’s called.
Your role: is to risk being uncomfortable Luke 9:52-56
God’s role: send us to harvest where we didn’t plant John 4:35 -38
Finally we get to the ends of the earth.
Your Mission to Ends of the earth
If Jerusalem is where we are home and Judea is the place we’re the most comfortable, Samaria is the place Jesus takes us where we are not the most comfortable, the ends of the earth we can understand as everybody everywhere.
The Good News
We know God’s strategy for us to reach everybody, everywhere.
We know that’s what God wants to see in all of us and what the world needs to see in all of us.
God’s strategy for us to reach the ends of the earth is Unconquerable Hope!
Where do I get this?
Peter writes to :
1 Peter 1:1 …God’s elect, scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,
Peter is talking to those scattered. They’ve moved beyond Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. He gives them this strategy in 1 Peter 3:15-16
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behaviour in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
The Not so Good News about Your Mission to the Ends of the Earth
We can expect to be slandered and…. hope is seen most clearly in hurt (Romans 5:3-5).
People need to see the hope in you before they can ask about it and stop their malicious talk against you.
They need to see your hope and peace and joy, so they’ll ask the reason for it.
Biblical Hope
Biblical hope is the antithesis of wishful thinking, it’s not something you can manufacture. Peace is not something you can pretend to have. You can’t “fake-it-til-you-make-it” with joy.
It is a supernatural gift of almighty Father to have hope and peace and joy at all times and in every situation.
We have a role.
Romans 15:13 says: The God of all hope fills us with all peace and joy AS WE TRUST IN HIM so we can overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit.
We have a role. Our role is to trust God.
God’s role: to fill you with peace and joy so you can overflow with hope.
It’s by the power of Holy Spirit that we can overflow with hope - no matter with what life and the enemy throws at us.
When people see your peace and joy in the middle of your hurt they will ask about your hope.
When they ask you about your hope…
This tool helps in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and in the ends of earth to share your faith. I want you to remember 3 simple things — A.B.C.
Your Mission and the A.B.C.’ S sharing your faith…
A. Avoid Any Agenda
Be interested in the person - people love to talk about themselves.
If they don’t—realize they don’t trust you and—work on building trust. Hint: trust takes time. It’s not a one-and-done conversation, it’s a process to build trust. Many people move toward faith gradually. Sometimes you plant, sometimes you water. (1 Corinthians 3:6) Sometimes you harvest where you haven’t planted or watered. (1 Corinthians 3:6) Don’t make a person a project.
B. Build a Bridge, Not a Wall
Instead of leading with disagreement, look for common ground and relationship. Learn to turn normal conversations to spiritual ones.
Want to know the quickest way to come around walls?
Ask Holy Spirit: What do you love of about them? Call it out in them.
Learn to work naturally with the supernatural.
C. Compassion Charts your Course
Compassion leads us where God wants us to be. Don’t judge people by appearance, personality, politics, or outward vibe. See them as people God loves. Compassion gives you eyes to see, ears to hear and hands to do what Holy Spirit is leading you to do.
Know your ABC’s to reach people everywhere.
Review Your Mission
Your Mission to To reach Jerusalem
People who love you—you need Inexplicable Transformation
Your role: Put to death what belongs to your earthly nature.
God’s role is to empower you to transform more and more into the image of Jesus.
Your Mission to reach Judea
People who like you—you need Supernatural Interaction and Counterintuitive Reciprocity
Your role: follow your compassion.
God’s role: Show the Kingdom through you.
Your Mission to reach Samaria
People who don’t like you and who you might not like—you need Miraculous Action and Radical Compassion
Your role: is to risk being uncomfortable
God’s role: work all things together for the good.
Your Mission to reach the Ends of the Earth
Everybody Everywhere you need Unconquerable Hope
Your role: Trust God
God’s role: to fill you with peace and joy so you can overflow with hope.
Conclusion
You see this dance we’re in to always share. It was never created to make us feel guilty for not sharing. It was created to empower us to share God’s love with everyone. We weren’t met to do this on our own personalities and abilities but by the power of Holy Spirit working through us. Let Him work through you as you walk by the Holy Spirit keep in step with Holy Spirit.
Who are you believing for in your Jerusalem?
Who are you praying for in your Judea?
Who are you risking for in your Samaria?
Who are you giving the answer for your hope to?
Remember you have a good Father who gives good gifts to His children. Celebrate the father’s in your life today.
Remember the joy of your own salvation as you congratulate those who passed through the waters of baptism this morning in response to Jesus’s knocking, the Father’s drawing and Holy Spirit’s empowering.
Remember to always be ready to share the reason for your hope.
