Luke 10:1-3 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by
two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the
workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers
into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you out
like lambs among wolves.
Up to this point in his Gospel Luke has
used the name Jesus but now “the Lord” chooses 72 other disciples. Luke perhaps
wants to remind us of Jesus position and authority, he is the master and has
the right to tell his disciples what to do and expects their obedience. He had
already sent out the 12 (chapter 9) and now sends out many others to prepare
the way for his visits. Though 72 seems to be a large number of disciples Jesus
immediately asks them to pray for more because there are so few. There are
clearly no less needs today so let us pray, not for converts or even disciples
so much as workers. God’s kingdom doesn’t need armchair critics but those ready
to obey and work.
Father
send more workers Lord to areas of great need both in our own communities and places like Turkey, Pakistan and Niger.
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