Luke 9:1-27

Luke 9:1-27

This is such a rich passage of truth and stories from Jesus’ life here on earth. If I could summarize how I believe we should respond today…

LIVE SENT. CONTINUALLY LEARN. FOLLOW JESUS.

LIVE SENT (v.1-9)

Jesus sends out his 12 apostles to proclaim the news of the kingdom of God. He called them to be ALERT and DEPENDENT upon Him. He sent them.

We too are sent. We are sent to our workplaces, our schools, our family, our friends, and more. Jesus is calling us to LIVE SENT. That as we live, we live on mission and on purpose to take everyone we meet one step closer to becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ.

CONTINUALLY LEARN (v.10-22)

Here we see the feeding of the 5000, Peter professing Jesus as the Christ, and Jesus foretelling his death. But today, verse 10 stuck out to me…

“On their return the apostles told him all that THEY HAD DONE. And he took them and withdrew…”

They did what we often do…. “Look at me Jesus! Look what I did!” I know I am guilty of this. Jesus had sent them. They went. And God used them. And then they made it about them. They didn’t stay dependent when they saw the results.

We have to fight to stay humble and stay dependent upon Jesus. So Jesus takes them and stretches their faith and teaches them more about who He really is through the feeding of the 5000, Peter’s profession, and Jesus’ foretelling. They were CONTINUALLY LEARNING and so should we.

FOLLOW JESUS.

In the final few verses today, Jesus gives us some life advice. He really defines for us what a successful life looks like. It’s not money. It’s not a career. It’s not owning this or that. It’s not even having a great marriage or a big family. Those are not bad things but the goal of life is to…

FOLLOW JESUS.

Jesus asks… What does it matter if  I gain the whole world yet does not have a relationship with and follows me? This is recentering for me.

Today take 5 minutes…
  1. Make a list of 3 people in your life who don’t know Jesus and pray for them - LIVE SENT.
  2. Ask Jesus, “What do you want to teach me?” - CONTINUALLY LEARN.
  3. Recenter yourself on life’s goal - to FOLLOW JESUS.

By: Nick Parsons

1 Comment


Lindsay - June 7th, 2022 at 10:32am

Inspiring post, Nick! Thanks for your insights.

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