"He [Jesus] summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts." (Mark 6: 7 - 8).
The Gospel of today presents us a challenge to examine our lifestyle to see if clutter and bagages are hindering the penetration of the Good News and make us ineffectual disciples. Jesus never teaches a lesson He never lived Himself. Like the Beatitudes which is a portrait of Himself, the evangelical poverty and simplicity Jesus prescribed to His disciples is what they see every day in His life among them.
Poverty like disease and ignorance frightens many people. But the fear is altogether irrational if we consider a few salient points:
#1. Jesus, our Leader and Captain is without doubt the best in our human race. If it is good for Him, it should be good for us.
#2. God knows exactly what we need and when we need it.
#3. Who owns all the gold, silver, diamond, oceans, lands, etc if not God.
#4. God asks: "Is anything too marvelous for me to do for you?" (Cf Genesis 18: 14).
Jesus knows that the greatest asset of the disciple is faith and complete trust in Him. If a disciple is armed with this, he needs nothing more. It was therefore necessary to train His disciples at the outset of their ministry in this great truth.
"Fear is useless. All that is needed is trust." (Mark 5: 36).
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