"And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey......" Luke 9:3
There is a time to prepare, to work and to provide for our needs and those of our families. The Lord has through His Word, given plenty of instruction on those principles also. Yet here His directions to the disciples, as they were being sent forth to do His work, were to 'travel light'! No excess baggage or superfluous anything was to be carried on this mission!
Faith, trust and reliance on God are indispensable when we are sent to serve Him, yet nothing of the material things we consider important, is really necessary for the task. We are to function with the knowledge that He will provide along the way all that we need to get the 'job done'. In context, this reliance is wise and appropriate in every aspect of our lives. Material things when accrued and multiplied have a way of becoming unrealistically important to us. They weight us down and can impede our spiritual progress as they interfere with our leaning on Jesus!
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