Matthew 10:5-11
Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: ”Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.
“Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light.
“When you enter a town or village, don’t insist on staying in a luxury inn. Get a modest place with some modest people, and be content there until you leave.
January 27th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
This is really valuable and practical advice, i find. Trying to find ways to impress and inspire my friends (christian or non-christian) with fancy words or visualisations or whatever, to show what i believe, can be such an easy trap to fall in. Aim to ‘travel light’!
January 29th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
I handed my notice in today for the job I am currently in and I am planning on taking a plunge and moving to London from Liverpool at the end of February. I currently have 3 jobs in the pipeline - but nothing else. I have very little funds to keep me going should I have no job sucess and I have the offer of my friends floor for a few weeks whilst I get a job and get accomodation. I have been praying that this decision has been the right one for me and I guess I am taking a leap of faith that I have made the right decision. Anyways - to get to the point. The following lines of this passage have really helped me:
“Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light.
“When you enter a town or village, don’t insist on staying in a luxury inn. Get a modest place with some modest people, and be content there until you leave.
In other words - I need to stop worrying that I have to be sorted with everything before I move down. As long as I have my faith and my belief - I can give anything a try…..scary and daunting but I think I am going to be OK.