Mark 6: 6-8 Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits. These were their instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bread, no bag, no money in your belts." (NIV) In all of the gospels each of the apostles never failed to mention this. Each is told from different perspectives but yet Jesus had made this point perfectly clear that each of them mentioned it in their writings. The disciples that Christ called weren't wealthy by any means but most had made a standard of living that made them comfortable. And then along comes Jesus and says to them first to drop everything....to leave their families....to allow the dead to bury the dead and by the way on this journey with Jesus....bring nothing with you. Everything that you have grown so secure in....leave it behind....it holds no value in Jesus world. It has no meaning, it can save no one......it can't even save you. I thought alot about that this week....could I do that. If Jesus said today to walk away from everything I know to be secure in my life....would I be able to do it. I was reminded in a sermon this week about Zacchaeus. Luke 19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner." Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much." Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost." You and I can't imagine the desperation of wanting nothing more to see and know Jesus that we would give up everything that we hold so dear....I want to be a Zacchaeus. I want to be so desperate to behold Jesus that I would surrender everything just to be in his presence. How far will you climb to catch a glimpse of Jesus....how much will you surrender just to serve him.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
What Can I Do With Only This....blogpost by Tammy Konneker
Mark 6: 6-8 Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits. These were their instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bread, no bag, no money in your belts." (NIV) In all of the gospels each of the apostles never failed to mention this. Each is told from different perspectives but yet Jesus had made this point perfectly clear that each of them mentioned it in their writings. The disciples that Christ called weren't wealthy by any means but most had made a standard of living that made them comfortable. And then along comes Jesus and says to them first to drop everything....to leave their families....to allow the dead to bury the dead and by the way on this journey with Jesus....bring nothing with you. Everything that you have grown so secure in....leave it behind....it holds no value in Jesus world. It has no meaning, it can save no one......it can't even save you. I thought alot about that this week....could I do that. If Jesus said today to walk away from everything I know to be secure in my life....would I be able to do it. I was reminded in a sermon this week about Zacchaeus. Luke 19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner." Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much." Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost." You and I can't imagine the desperation of wanting nothing more to see and know Jesus that we would give up everything that we hold so dear....I want to be a Zacchaeus. I want to be so desperate to behold Jesus that I would surrender everything just to be in his presence. How far will you climb to catch a glimpse of Jesus....how much will you surrender just to serve him.
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