Spread the Good News

Matthew 10:9-10

New International Version (NIV)

   ⁹ “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— ¹⁰ no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2010:%209-10&version=NIV)

Have you ever gone on a trip and backed your bags?  If you are anything like me I take what I need plus what I might want.  One change of clothes a day is not enough, it might be colder or hotter than what I planned on or I might go somewhere that I need to dress up.  It can take hours trying to figure out what all I need to take and then I have to contend with dragging that suitcase all over the place!

I remember when my girls took a trip to Europe and could not go over a specific weight limit on the plane.  You know we pushed that to the limit.  When they got where they were going there were no elevators and they had to drag their heavy suitcases up the stairs.  All of a sudden they wished they had not taken so much!  Jesus didn’t want his apostles wasting their time on a packing a bag.  He didn’t want them to carry access weight around with them, He wanted them to go out and share the Good News.

I can’t help but think that is exactly what He wants from us today. 

·         Maybe we are carrying baggage from the past, Jesus wants us to get rid of it. 

·         Maybe we are clinging to money, Jesus wants us to depend on Him.  Remember, He said, in Matthew 6:24, that we can not serve both God and money.

·         Maybe we try to beautify ourselves with fancy garments and fine clothes rather than letting Jesus clothe us in His glorious way.

·         Maybe we are leaning to hard on the staff (world, others)and are not relying on Him.

I have to think that Jesus wants us to not be burdened by the things of this world.  He wants us to tell others of His Good News, in whatever means that we have.  As it says regarding those sent to spread the Good New, in Romans 10:15  ^“And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2010:15&version=NIV)

We are not all called to be pastors who preach from the pulpit on Sunday morning but we are all called to spread the Good News.  How beautiful are your feet today?  Are they dusty from your travels, spreading the Good News?  Do you have to cover them with the shoes of this world to disguise their beauty? 

As you seek Him with all your heart I pray that you will have the burning desire to go out there and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with others.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila