Luke 9:1-6
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He told them: "Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town, as a testimony against them." So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
We're going on a journey, but you can't take anything along. You can't prepare for this journey. We may sleep in some places that are uncomfortable. We may eat different food. We may eat less food. It might get hot out there. It might get cold. After a few days, we may smell a little different. We'll certainly have to borrow a few things along the way.
Parts of the journey will be very steep so we'll need endurance. Other parts will be smooth. We'll need to avoid complacency there. There is a dangerous precipice along the way. We'll need courage to traverse it.
Thankfully, we won't be traveling alone. We'll have a guide. Our guide will be essential because he is the only one who has been there before. But this is not a journey that can be accomplished even with a guide. We'll need a group. The guide would never take us on this journey without a group.
On this journey, we won't have a destination that can be found on a map. Don't let that frighten you. There are things that have been prepared for us to do along the way. Good things. If we are not distracted, we will recognize those things when they arrive.
After we have traveled for a while, we will realize that we have been arriving at our destination all along. We'll realize that the journey was our destination and that we have been changed along the way.
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Pray today that God would provide the financial resources to accomplish his purposes through FOM
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