Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 6:6b-13
by: Paul Andries.
Jesus instructed the disciples to "take nothing for their journey" (v. 8). Have you ever asked "why?" Let us ponder a few suggestions: (1) collecting things could take a long time, (2) collecting things could become a burden, as well as a distraction, (3) collecting things could make them self-dependent.
The first instruction was to depend on God (vv. 8-9). Second, trust in God (vv. 10-11). Third, obey God (vv. 12-13). Do not take unnecessary stuff on the mission field. Be totally sold out to the mission-preach repentance, cast out devils, anoint the sick, and heal. With less stuff, you can be more mobile, resulting in a chance to reach more people.