He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts... .
--Mark 6:8
An online survey recently asked to readers to list all those things that they don't leave home without. Car keys, cell phones, purses, and wallets were mentioned along with much more.
Jesus does sound a bit bossy today. What is this? He's ordering His disciples around! Who of us likes to be ordered around? In addition, it looks as though His disciples are going on a mission with few if any of what we might call "creature comforts." Cash and credit? Forget about it.
All they had was the rather bossy Word of the Lord. Could they depend on it? What do you think?
PD
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