The Disciples Sent Out for Ministry

As the disciples followed Jesus, he modeled how to love God and love others. He shared his life with his disciples “so that they might be with him, and that they might be sent out to preach and cast out demons.” Eventually, the disciples spread the kingdom and reached people just like Jesus would have, because they had been with Jesus and they were obedient to his call. All for the sake of the Kingdom of God, disciples disciple others, apostles are sent, missionaries go. This is how God builds the church.

The stories of Mark chapter six demonstrate how God intends to use us to spread the gospel message. When the disciples returned from their ministry, they went off to rest with Jesus. But when the crowds followed them, Jesus suspended their rest and had compassion on the crowds “for they were like sheep without a shepherd.”
Eventually, they feed over 5,000 people!

The needs of the World are never-ending, but the spreading of the Gospel continues one person at a time. Our success (just like the apostles) in making disciples, is tied to time with Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. Pray for God to give us the energy and vision to make disciples. “Feed my sheep.”