SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 10:1 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. 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. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. …
16 “He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
OBSERVATION: Jesus was speaking to His disciples. He was sending them out as an advanced ministry into the places He would be going. He wanted them to know that they had His backing, also the backing of the Heavenly Father who had sent Jesus into the world.
APPLICATION: Sometimes I am not consciously aware of the great power that stands with me and behind me. I act like I am out on my own. I act like it all depends on me. I let lack of results discourage me. BUT if I can hear Jesus speaking the above truth to me, and if I know that the Holy Spirit is living in me, there should be nothing able to discourage or distract me from His mission. My Heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and me! — what a team‼!
My lack, my inability, my inexperience, my weaknesses are easily overcome when I allow the other members of the team to take the lead. My perspective must change: they are not with me; I am with them! They are not on my team; I am on their team!
PRAYER: Lord, my one goal is to please you. Your approval is my reward. Rejection or failure means nothing when I have your presence and I know that I am a part of Your team! Holy Spirit, keep this truth fresh in my thoughts. Amen
Pastor Leon
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