Matthew 10: 7 – 15 (Thursday, July 12, 2007)

Jesus instructs his disciples not to take anything with them – No gold, silver or copper. Why would Jesus ask them not to take any of these with them? He wants them to be fully concentrated in the ministry he has given to them; He wants them to keep their personally businesses aside and just focus on the ministry of the kingdom.

In our own lives, there are many things that prevent us from just focusing on Christ. Those material things that are a distraction from our serving God in truth and in spirit. Practically, Jesus wants us to keep our cell phones away when we come to the Church for worship – because when they ring, they distract our worship; Jesus wants us to keep all our other electronic gadgets such as ipods, game boys away when we come to the church for worship.

For some of us, the greatest thing that distracts us from doing God’s work well is our Televisions and computers. Jesus wants us to cut down on the amount of time we spend on them and give more time to proclaiming to our neighbors, co-workers and friends that the kingdom of God is at hand.