PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY - MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT
Jan. 14th, 2026
“SEND THEM AWAY” – Continuation
Let us remind ourselves of JESUS’ MISSION: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4:18-19 NIV)
Meanwhile, the majority of the people that followed Jesus were the poor, the peasants, the needy, the strangers, the widows, the orphans. It wasn’t often that the rich people were in the crowd yet, these poor were the same people the disciples always suggested ‘be sent away’. Why? Because they, the disciples, did not yet understand the mission of Jesus Christ at that time. Second, they probably believed they were protecting their master or shielding Him from the “disturbance” of the poor people. The later excuse is very common even today. The spiritual head of the church is in his office leisurely, a-no-name individual who desire to see him is turned back with the excuse that he is busy. Believers are meant to gather, not scatter. Soon the disciples found themselves in Jesus’ shoes and we do not read “send them away” again.
The ”send them away” mentality is so common in churches today because the church never seems to have money to provide bread or time to share the word with the low-graded people or the time to bring little children to Jesus. But the church has budget for the comfort of the spiritual heads. Jesus did not seek His own comfort first.
In our homes, we often display this ‘it is not enough’; ‘we do not have enough’; send him/her away while we go to hide whatever we have. Spouses argue about who to share their bread with. Unfortunately, this attitude is transferred to the church. Who do we think we are deceiving? If the widow of Zarephath had this mentality, she and her son would have died several times over before the end of the famine. But she recognized the Provider, trusted the Provider, and gave her last bread. If only we can emulate her.
Whether we like to believe it or not, this is a limiting factor to our prosperity. We know this, yet we choose to forget that “givers never lack.” The more you give, the more you receive. The more you hoard, the more cluster you have.
THE WORD: “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work."
(John.4.34.NIV)
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Jan. 14th, 2026
“SEND THEM AWAY” – Continuation
Let us remind ourselves of JESUS’ MISSION: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4:18-19 NIV)
Meanwhile, the majority of the people that followed Jesus were the poor, the peasants, the needy, the strangers, the widows, the orphans. It wasn’t often that the rich people were in the crowd yet, these poor were the same people the disciples always suggested ‘be sent away’. Why? Because they, the disciples, did not yet understand the mission of Jesus Christ at that time. Second, they probably believed they were protecting their master or shielding Him from the “disturbance” of the poor people. The later excuse is very common even today. The spiritual head of the church is in his office leisurely, a-no-name individual who desire to see him is turned back with the excuse that he is busy. Believers are meant to gather, not scatter. Soon the disciples found themselves in Jesus’ shoes and we do not read “send them away” again.
The ”send them away” mentality is so common in churches today because the church never seems to have money to provide bread or time to share the word with the low-graded people or the time to bring little children to Jesus. But the church has budget for the comfort of the spiritual heads. Jesus did not seek His own comfort first.
In our homes, we often display this ‘it is not enough’; ‘we do not have enough’; send him/her away while we go to hide whatever we have. Spouses argue about who to share their bread with. Unfortunately, this attitude is transferred to the church. Who do we think we are deceiving? If the widow of Zarephath had this mentality, she and her son would have died several times over before the end of the famine. But she recognized the Provider, trusted the Provider, and gave her last bread. If only we can emulate her.
Whether we like to believe it or not, this is a limiting factor to our prosperity. We know this, yet we choose to forget that “givers never lack.” The more you give, the more you receive. The more you hoard, the more cluster you have.
THE WORD: “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work."
(John.4.34.NIV)
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