Luke 10:1-12,
English Standard Version
Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two
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1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town, and they receive you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Jesus is still sending out men and women in today’s world. Always remember that God is the evangelist. God saves those to whom we minster, we don’t. It takes a child of God infused with the Spirit of God steeped in the Word of God to make children of God. But don’t be discouraged if someone doesn’t want to hear the message. Keep on your way as if nothing happened. Your job is to bring the message, not change hearts. That’s God’s territory.
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This is my prayer for you: that you will feel the call to “be sent” in our respective vocations and pray to the Lord, that He might send forth more laborers into the fields so that more would be saved to worship the Great Coming King at His return, thereby giving God more glory.
The glory of God is what it’s all about.
God bless you today.
