Jesus - Advancing Kingdom Work

 

Jesus required some pretty impossible tasks of His disciples.

He tells them in Matthew 10:16, “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves.”

He goes on to say in verse 17, “Beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.”

And even further He warns in verse 18, “You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are My followers.”

Ahh… but isn’t it just like our Jesus to look for ways, even in the midst of danger and setback, to have kingdom work advanced.

He tells His students 2 important things following these tough-to-read warnings.

“THEN”, He says, “you will have an opportunity to tell them about Me.” (verse 18)
“God will give you the right words to say at the right time.” (verse 19)

Yep.

Just like our Savior.

Focusing on the redemptive solutions that will advance His Kingdom agenda here on the earth.

He is our sweet pattern, friends.

And so in danger and setback and failure and hardship… we, too, have been tasked with the charge to look for the opportunity to let our lives tell the story of Jesus.

God will give us the right words we need when we need them.

Acts 14:17, in part, says this, “He {Jesus} never left them {disciples} without evidence of Himself and His goodness.”

What He has commissioned for His students (you and me), He has not only evidenced in His own nature, but he has enabled us by His Spirit.

Jesus’ focus on Kingdom work is our pattern!