In Romans 10:15 it says,"... how can they preach unless they are sent?" Jesus told the disciples to go into all the world, but before they did they were to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endued with power. (Luke 24:49) So we see that even though they had the command to go they could not go until they had power, which is the Holy Spirit.
As Christians we are very eager to see the lost come into the kingdom of God, but we need to be aware of how we go not just that we should go. We are to go in power, but if we're not careful we'll step out ahead of God. We step out to try and obey the command to go but we were not necessarily "sent" yet.
How many have gone to the mission field compelled by the command to go but did not go in power. They returned home defeated and confused about why things didn't work out better than they did. Their heart was sincere and they love lost people, they really only wanted to help the world know Jesus is alive, and yet they return defeated.
I am called but have I been sent?
This concept of being sent is way too important to be overlooked. It's not just going that is important, it's how you go and who sent you. Our heart can be so full sometimes of love for the Lord, and in our mind we can come up with all kinds of ideas about how to serve Jesus and none of those ideas be His actual will for us. "Presumption", this is critical to discern.
To be sent is to go in the name of the one who sent you. To go in the name of the one who sent you is to go in his power. To go in the power of the one who sent you is to go and fulfill his will. This is how the Father sent Jesus and this is how we are sent by Jesus. In His name with His power to fulfill His will. All that being true then the word sent may be a small word, but being sent by God is no small thing.
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