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As you step out to make a meaningful impact on your generation remember you are not like them. You are as sheep in the midst of wolves; they can bite but you can’t; they shed blood but you don’t, so be circumspect.
Scripture Reading
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. (Luke 10:3 KJV)
The travelling ministry can be very demanding and dangerous. The travelling minister is at risk and the mercy of the dangerous elements in the community and roads he travels. He is as a sheep among wolves. We must behaviour ethically on missions. The following are 10 guidelines for all travelling ministers;
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- The travelling ministers must have faith:
Mark 16:14-202 reveals that the first thing the missionary needs is faith. Missions and soul winning can be very challenging. There are times when the work may not yield lots of fruits as expected. Without a strong faith, the very nature of missions can drown the missionary in depression and self-pity.
- The travelling ministers should be anointed:
Luke 24:44-533 instructs the missionary to wait until he is endued with power from on high. It is very dangerous to step into missions without the Holy Spirit and power. You cannot divide the spoil of a strong man unless you are stronger than him.
- The travelling ministers must be prayerful:
Luke 10:1-24 confirms that there will always be a lot of work to be done on the mission field; but a missionary should never complain. We should focus on getting the work done by praying and asking the Lord of the harvest to send labourers. A missionary should never complain; don’t complain if things don’t run like it does where you came from, pray instead of complaining. Don’t complain about the music, food, sleeping place, meeting place; that is why you are there to impart spiritual gifts to improve the church.
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4. The travelling ministers should be wise and meek:
Luke 10:3 tells us that we are as sheep among wolves. This require wisdom. You need discretion to stay safe in the world.
5. Don’t go trusting and relying strangers
6. Don’t roam from house to house, except to preach or minister; even that go as a team.
7. Don’t eat from many sources; you could get poisoned; eat from one house.
8. Don’t carry treasure, you could get attacked by robbers.
9. Don’t die in an unripe field, if you are rejected or persecuted move to safer haven.
10. Don’t say “I am tired”
Stay blessed; I love you.
Referenced Scriptures
- Luke 10:1-15 (KJV): After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. ↩︎
- Mark 16:14-20 (KJV): Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. ↩︎
- Luke 24:44-53 (KJV): And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. ↩︎
- Luke 10:1-2 (KJV): After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. ↩︎