Your life is your mission, wherever you are is your mission field.

In reading the Great Commission we so often have the idea of a specific place, or a specific mission. We view the mission field as a place, a location: Africa, South America, China, etc. We view mission as a specific task to be completed: door to door, evangelism breakthrough, street witnessing, revival services, homeless outreach, church in the park, etc.  I do not deny that Africa, South America, China... or the USA for that matter are indeed mission fields. Nor do I deny the need, or importance of specific outreach, evangelism, or missions events or programs.  But as I read the New Testament I get the sense that we are missing the larger point of the Great Commission when we allow it to become only about specific places and specific tasks or events.  It seems to me that the overarching call of Jesus was to view our entire life as our mission, and wherever we are as our mission field. Whether we are doing a church outreach or shopping, going on a missions trip or showing up at work, we should be ever attentive to the opportunities around us. Opportunities to reflect Jesus, to "be" His body - embodying His presence wherever we are.  Our mission is not just a trip we take, an event we work, but is literally our life as we live it. Our life is our mission, wherever we are is our missions field.