Luke 10:4 Don't be Careful or Sensible!

Luke 10:4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

Don’t be careful! Don’t make adequate preparation! Don’t have a contingency plan or take sensible precautions! Jesus seems to be saying, it is going to be dangerous but extra provisions aren’t  going to help. You have a job to do and you need to trust God to do it. The disciples were praying as they went but not for protection or safety but for more workers! Are we too safety conscious? Surely it’s not wrong to plan and do what we can to prepare for unseen eventualities or is it? Jesus clearly wants His disciples to trust in Him not in other things. For those of us who don’t have to be concerned about where our next meal is coming from the temptation is to rely on our own capacities rather than God in all that we do. However careful we are stuff happens, Jesus never promised us peaceful sailing but rather that he would be with us even in the perfect storm! It is sometimes in the most difficult circumstances that we truly learn how faithful and loving our Father is.

Lord help us to be wise as serpents and as trusting as little children.