Jesus is franchising his ministry. He instructs his disciples how they should go and evangelize. They looks pretty different than those of today. The disciples were told to bring nothing with them, except sandals and a walking stick. They were not to bring a change of clothes, money or food.
Today many evangelists in our culture come with the latest technology gadgets and a well rehearsed words.
I think what Jesus is attempting to get across is that faith and trust are the key elements that matter. It isn’t a slick program.
He authorized the disciples to be able to cast out unclean spirits and send them on their way. It doesn’t look from the text that he gave them a lot of preparation. Simple instructions, a dose of his power and away they went.
In this way Jesus’ message started spreading.
Prayer: Help me to realize that to serve Jesus I don’t need much, only the power from him and the willingness to do it.
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