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What Do You Lack?
Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered. Luke 22:35 NIV
Jesus was referring back to an earlier situation in His ministry where He sent out the seventy-two to go proclaiming the name of Christ. He told them not to take anything with them, but to trust God to meet their every need. (See Luke 10:1-4) It was an unusual request. Afterall, some of these people likely had means of support. They could have paid their own way. Yet, Christ wanted them to completely put their trust in Him.
Now, towards the end of Jesus' earthly ministry, He asks them this question about that special time in their life. Did they lack anything? Absolutely not. They lacked nothing.
Jesus would ask us that even today. When we completely place our trust in Him, depending not on our own abilities, He will always provide. Now, I know that is easy to say and much more difficult to follow. You and I, with our vast capabilities and knowledge, and especially with our impatience, do not wait on God easily. It is indeed a struggle for us to ignore the temptation to attempt at fixing our own problems. We would often times much rather "just do it" then to cast all our cares upon the Lord.
Jesus would ask us today, "did you lack anything?" When you really completely allowed Him to provide, did He ever let you down? None of us, who have ever placed everything we have in His hands, and waited for His answer, have ever left disappointed. We would have to answer just as the seventy-two did, "Nothing". We lacked nothing.
Since that is the case, shouldn't it be our goal everyday to trust Him with all we have?
Jesus was referring back to an earlier situation in His ministry where He sent out the seventy-two to go proclaiming the name of Christ. He told them not to take anything with them, but to trust God to meet their every need. (See Luke 10:1-4) It was an unusual request. Afterall, some of these people likely had means of support. They could have paid their own way. Yet, Christ wanted them to completely put their trust in Him.
Now, towards the end of Jesus' earthly ministry, He asks them this question about that special time in their life. Did they lack anything? Absolutely not. They lacked nothing.
Jesus would ask us that even today. When we completely place our trust in Him, depending not on our own abilities, He will always provide. Now, I know that is easy to say and much more difficult to follow. You and I, with our vast capabilities and knowledge, and especially with our impatience, do not wait on God easily. It is indeed a struggle for us to ignore the temptation to attempt at fixing our own problems. We would often times much rather "just do it" then to cast all our cares upon the Lord.
Jesus would ask us today, "did you lack anything?" When you really completely allowed Him to provide, did He ever let you down? None of us, who have ever placed everything we have in His hands, and waited for His answer, have ever left disappointed. We would have to answer just as the seventy-two did, "Nothing". We lacked nothing.
Since that is the case, shouldn't it be our goal everyday to trust Him with all we have?
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