Go Where I Send Thee
Anybody else remember the old Sunday School song that goes like this: “Children, go where I send thee! How…shall I send thee? Well… I’m gonna send thee Eight by eight:
· Eight for the eight that stood at the gate
· Seven for the seven that never got to heaven
· Six for the six that never got fixed
· Five for the gospel preachers
· Four for the four that stood at the door
· Three for the Hebrew children
· Two for Paul and Silas
· One for the little bitty baby [that] was BORN, born, born in Bethlehem…”
Please open your Bible to Luke 10:1-12. Today’s podcast is for the third Sunday in Lent, March 20th, 2022. The title of this podcast is “Go Where I Send Thee.”
Luke 10:1-12After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
[10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.]