things to come::Matthew 10
Date: Feb 7th, 2007 3:59:20 pm - Subscribe
current reading:: Generous Orthodoxy::Brian McLaren
in this chapter Xp sends out the disciples. He tells them that life will be not be easy following Him. Xp tells them to bring nothing extra. no extra shoes, shirts...just what they have on their back. this is a great picture of what it means to follow Xp. total dependence on God and what He wants for us.
Xp then says He's sending them out to be "shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves". Xp knew that the world would try to eat up and spit out His followers, so He says for them to be shrewd. to know what's going on around them, but to not get involved in it. to keep that innocence that all followers of Xp should have.
He continues on describing how they will be persecuted and how people will turn on each other. this passage leads me to this. every aspect of our lives needs to be devouted to Xp...now and in the future. we can't worry about our material possessions...we have to be aware of the world around us...and in the end when the persecution comes we have to be trusting in God that He will take care of us no matter what we face.
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