Follow Me. There were the specially chosen twelve disciples…or apostles…about whom most people are at least vaguely familiar. Fisherman, tax collectors, and regular guys. Apostles are those who actually saw Jesus, so those twelve disciples are both apostles and disciples. All of His followers, even us today, are actually Disciples. These seventy-two mentioned in today’s focus scripture may or may not have included the two who personally chose not to follow Jesus so that they could attend to family matters as described at the end of Luke Nine. The seventy-two, also described in other Bible translations as seventy men, were chosen, trained, and sent out to go to towns where Jesus was going to visit. Jesus specifically chose these people and asked them to go, two-by-two, to take a trip around the region in which He would be teaching, preaching, and healing.
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| Combine Harvesting - Israel |
The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. These were his instructions to them: "The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves." Luke 10:1-3
Prayer
– Lord Jesus, I do feel a bit venerable—like a lamb going around a bunch of
wolves—to spread the Good News about You and to warn them of the impending “harvest”
that could happen sooner rather than later. As Luke wrote…Then he said to the
disciples, "Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And
anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting
God, who sent me." Luke 10:16. I’m praying that lots of people will accept
rather than reject, Your message, You and our Heavenly Father. Thank you, Jesus,
for this encouraging message.
Meditate.
Read Jesus’ words in context and listen to what He is saying.
Verse
of Salvation ~ He was saying to them, "The harvest is abundant [for there
are many who need to hear the good news about salvation], but the workers
[those available to proclaim the message of salvation] are few. Therefore,
[prayerfully] ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.
Luke 10:2 AMP
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