Luke 10:1-12 Being Sent September 1, 2024
Current reality today: Who are you going on mission together with?
Prayerful question to ponder:
Who might God be inviting you to go on mission together with?
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
Jesus' strategy: Go together.
2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Jesus' strategy: Pray.
3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
Jesus' strategy: Take nothing along.
5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.
Jesus' strategy:
Be on the lookout for a person of peace.
7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
Jesus' strategy: Eat with people.
8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
Sending ordinary everyday followers of Jesus from the sidelines to the streets
to start new to reach new.
Who might God be inviting you to go on mission together with? Where will you go? What will you do?