Mark 6:1-13
Then he went about among the villages teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
Possessions can be a handicap
as we try to work for the Lord.
They can take over our attention
from trying to apply God’s Word.
So Jesus sent them packing light
when he sent them out two by two
so they could give all their energy
to the mission he sent them to do.
Lent is a time for us to take stock
of how heavy our lives we pack
and determine how this weakens us
in achieving those things we lack.
Our faith may be in a deficit
crowded out by the things we own
which have overloaded our life
so the depth of our faith has not grown.
Traveling light, they succeeded
in completing the mission at hand
and the message was extended
to all the ends of the land.
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