Listening to the Holy Spirit:
Who are your twelve? Can you take three with you? Who have I given that you would teach, protect with wisdom, and bring along your journey – a journey not only for you. I bring them to you, but you must recognize. Go to the Father, as I sought, that I might choose the twelve in His will. My Spirit beckons you to teach, and will give means of doing so, but you must yourself be attuned to the call. Tasks easily bury time allotted for these. Time I give, that you would have sufficiency for both. In the flesh, I walked the way the Father called, but not alone. For it is a single rock that moves two more, and they again that spur the avalanche. Travel not alone in difficulty or in plenty. Teach them while you walk in My will, for your work is not alone, and when your days are exhausted, My work continues until the end of days, through those you bring along.
Matt 20:17 (ESV) – And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them …
Duet 6:7 (ESV) – You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
2Tim 2:2 (ESV) – …and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
Taking It to Work:
Work is full of tasks, and deadlines fill much of our calendar. Our focus is often on what we must get done today, but from a heavenly perspective there’s more.
Jesus had a few things to do as well; to be the sacrifice for sin was just one of them. He also had the mandate to bring Kingdom precepts and Godly understanding to a people that really didn’t get it, and He also had the small assignment of launching a worldwide church, all in a three year timeframe.
You and I have a lot of to get done as well, but arguably the more important eternal work, while we are getting the tasks of the day done, is our lasting equipping and influence on others. If we lose that focus, our life will be busy, and maybe efficient, but we may miss the eternal impact on those around us.
Jesus brought along his twelve. We may not have twelve at a time, but who are those in our lives, in our families and workplace, that we are being called to bring along as we work our way through life? Pray to the Father. He will show you, and His Word will start working through you, as you reach out to them, today.
