March 4, 1998

Luke 6: 12-16

Prepare Us

Jesus went out to a Mountainside to pray, and spent the night there praying to God. When morning came he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, calling them apostles.

We sing the wonderful song, "Here am I, Lord." "I heard you calling in the night," Are we ready to move as disciples and as apostles? Jesus chose a diverse group of people to work for his kingdom; surely we have a place to serve. Can we relate to undesirable people and invite them to the party, as did the Levite? Do we look down our noses, as did the Pharisees? Our church is ready to move out across the world into all groups of people and needs disciples who can accept and love everybody.

Were you told - as I was - to stay away from any particular type of people? Could the disciples do that? Could modern-day workers for the kingdom do that? Can we open our hearts to all of God's people? Jesus called a motley crew of disciples to spread the Good News, and now he is calling you to serve his church.

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Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, please cleanse and open our hearts so that we look at every one we meet as a child of yours. Thank you for letting us be workers in your kingdom. Amen. [Yesterday |Lenten Index | Tomorrow]