Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The situation is urgent and requires action now

Morning: Psalms 26, 28; Revelation 7:9-17;
Evening: Psalms 36, 39; Luke 10:1-16

When Jesus sends out 70 disciples on a mission, the situation is urgent … Some want full-scale war against Rome, but Jesus seeks ‘children of peace’.  The mission of the 70 has the urgent agenda of turning the people of Israel away from a potentially disastrous, violent conflict.  Our modern-day situation is no less urgent, if for very different reasons.  Disciples of Jesus are sent out now to engage with the world … to humanize our life; to be instruments of love, peace and justice; to resist the degradation and pollution of the earth; to be ‘children of peace.’
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