Word@Work 067 - Mark 6:8-11
Published: Thu, 02/21/08
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Read Mark 6:8-11 These were his instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff--no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. Wear sandals but not an extra tunic. Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them." (NIV)
However prepared you think you are, every episode of ministry is a journey into the unknown. The provision comes as we go. It may be nice to think that we are self-sufficient, but that is against the ethos of the gospel. When Jesus comes into our hearts, He does freely by His grace - because we have nothing to offer Him. When we go with the gospel of Jesus, we have no resource except the faith which trusts He will provide.
Jesus was teaching the embryo church leaders - that He supplies everything. And when the supply runs out in one place, move on to another. When the Gospel message is rejected ... they have had their opportunity. The mission of the Kingdom, as taught by Jesus, has a dynamic and urgency that is unfamiliar to many British churches - where 'building bridges to the community' can become an end in itself; instead of taking the gospel across the bridges that open to us, here or elsewhere.
Christians in the workplace relate socially across a wide range of personal interests (family, health, holidays, leisure, hobbies, home decoration ...) so why not share the gospel? Inadequate, we may certainly feel, many believers structure their lives so that 'sharing Jesus' is the last thought, instead of the controlling principle. Food for thought; out of which a plan for gospel action can be set in motion!
Prayer: Heavenly Father. Thank you for giving me a Saviour-to-share. Please help me to have the gospel-to-go ready wherever I go. I know that you will provide for me in this, and so I want to trust you to stir me up in zeal and urgency. For Jesus' sake. Amen.
You can read more of this Bible passage online - in English and other languages - share the Bible with your friends!
However prepared you think you are, every episode of ministry is a journey into the unknown. The provision comes as we go. It may be nice to think that we are self-sufficient, but that is against the ethos of the gospel. When Jesus comes into our hearts, He does freely by His grace - because we have nothing to offer Him. When we go with the gospel of Jesus, we have no resource except the faith which trusts He will provide.
Jesus was teaching the embryo church leaders - that He supplies everything. And when the supply runs out in one place, move on to another. When the Gospel message is rejected ... they have had their opportunity. The mission of the Kingdom, as taught by Jesus, has a dynamic and urgency that is unfamiliar to many British churches - where 'building bridges to the community' can become an end in itself; instead of taking the gospel across the bridges that open to us, here or elsewhere.
Christians in the workplace relate socially across a wide range of personal interests (family, health, holidays, leisure, hobbies, home decoration ...) so why not share the gospel? Inadequate, we may certainly feel, many believers structure their lives so that 'sharing Jesus' is the last thought, instead of the controlling principle. Food for thought; out of which a plan for gospel action can be set in motion!
Prayer: Heavenly Father. Thank you for giving me a Saviour-to-share. Please help me to have the gospel-to-go ready wherever I go. I know that you will provide for me in this, and so I want to trust you to stir me up in zeal and urgency. For Jesus' sake. Amen.
You can read more of this Bible passage online - in English and other languages - share the Bible with your friends!
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