Our Motives

Knowledge vs. Experience

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The Bible Text of the Day is Luke 10:1-2

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to go. And He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

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WORDS OF MINISTRY:

We tend to give people a lot of Bible based theology, thoughtful philosophy, even helpful strategies for life, but this great wealth of information does not necessarily translate to a long-haul-life-change.

We all know plenty of Christians who know what the Bible says but who struggle to connect these truths to their daily lives and even more importantly to what God wants to do in and through them in the context of the real world. We can see from this passage that Jesus was not about knowing the right things; He was about experiencing them as well.

After teaching the disciples He sends them out to apply the knowledge they have learned of Jesus and His mission. We even see Jesus applying His teachings to specific experiences His disciples went through (Lk. 5:1-11, 27-31).

We must continually examine our motives for reading our Bibles, listening to sermons, reading bible devotions, or even discussing spiritual matters with friends. These things we learn should spur us to action and not just lay dormant in our minds.

The ideas of knowing Jesus, following Jesus, and being sent out by Jesus are indivisible- they are all part of the same stream.