Sent

Mark 3:13-15 And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cast out demons.


The twelve were not the only ones chosen and sent, they were just the first. Jesus called them to be with Him and then to take His authority as they were sent to take his authority to others. We read in other places not only about the sending of the twelve but also about the sending of the seventy two. Later Paul was sent along with Barnabas from Antioch to perform the same function. This sending of people who have been with Jesus has continued for centuries. The Christian religion has spread throughout the world by the repeating of this process over and over again using millions of believers. One who is sent is called an apostle and it is what we claim to be when we repeat the Apostles Creed. We are proclaiming that we have been with Jesus, that we know who he is and we accept that we also have been chosen and sent. 


Jesus set the pattern when he sent the first apostles two by two. When I met Marsha I had no clue who Jesus was other than his name and some of what I thought was his legend. Marsha and I discovered our faith together and came to know we were chosen and sent together as well. What a joy to share God's mission with the one you love.


You too are chosen and sent if you are a believer in Christ. That doesn't mean you have to go anywhere except back to your own life with a plan and a purpose. Lives around you are waiting to be transformed by Christ as you help others to see Him. Blessed be your journey even if you don't go anywhere.