Is it for today?

I don't really know how to do this. What I'm going to write about is so foreign to the current church culture...

Okay, just imagine you've never been in a church building, in fact, you never heard anything about 'what this or that Bible verse means in our society'. You're one of the 5.000 that have just been fed with 5 loaves and 2 fishes and then you went to Jesus to ask Him what you should do to follow Him. To 70 people He said something like this:

Luke 10:3-9

Leave everything behind. 

Go as sheep among wolves, two by two. But don't be afraid, because I, the Shepherd, will be with you.

Take nothing; no wallet, no bag, no extra shoes, no food, not even two sets of clothing.

You will find a place to stay and eat with someone. The moment you enter someone's house, say, "peace be to this house", and your peace will do something to the people in that house; they will either receive it or reject it. If a son of peace is there, stay until your work in the area is done. If not, move on.

Once you have found someone who receives the good news of the Kingdom, you will use their house as a 'base' from which you will reach more people with the gospel. In this way you're going to establish a fellowship of believers that meet in that house. 

When you go out on the streets, heal those who are sick, and tell them that you come to show them what the Kingdom of God is like.

Once you're done in one area, go to another and do the same. 

In the past I've either skipped over reading these verses or found reasons why they are not valid anymore. Yet I've come to believe this is still working, because this is the ultimate way of being a disciple of Jesus; Sell all you have, give to the poor and follow Jesus. Simply because all you do, say and receive from that moment on has to be in faith and by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

In little under 2 weeks we will start doing this. Until then we will receive teaching and train on the street. Now we have a place to sleep at the Jesus Hotel in Aalborg, then our beds will be used by other people. Now we get 3 meals a days, then God will provide. So exciting :)

I hope my reason for writing this will stay pure; to show you that this is really possible. So it's not about me at all, God will do everything, I just go with Him. I like this quote, and I believe it's what we're doing here.

"Rather than asking God to bless what we do, we should be doing what God is already blessing."

During one of the teachings, we made a little list of the qualifications a person needs in order to do this; check if you are qualified ;)

• the outcast
• the uneducated
• the broken
• the poor
• the weak
• the foolish
• the unloved
• the unloving
• the one with low self esteem
• the rejected
• the humble
• the needy
• the unwise
• the incompetent
• not noble
• not mighty
• not eloquent
• the willing
• the laborer

These are the people Jesus called.

What I'd like to do next is to answer some questions, if you have any. Can you post them as a comment below or on facebook?