Not Glitz, The Gospel

Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. 

And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.  Go, behold I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.  Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes, and greet no one on the way.” 

Luke 10:2-3

We spend time thinking about why we can’t do things we are called to do.  We worry that we aren’t good speakers or that our clothes aren’t good enough or people might not like what we say or that people will make fun of us or argue with us and we won’t know how to respond.  It becomes all about what we do not have. 

Jesus understands this and that is why He said we should go and not worry about what we don’t have but concentrate on delivering the message of salvation to those who are waiting to hear it.  We can use glitz to spark interest in the message, but sometimes glitz is out of order when people are hurting and the simple truth of the Gospel is what they need.

So, let us just go do it – take the Gospel to the world.  We can start right where we are and see what God will do.  The message never changes; Jesus is the Savior of the world.  Ask Him to come into your life today.