100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample

Day 79 (Sunday)

Today’s Big Idea: Jesus, the mentor. No one in history mentored people better than Jesus. This week, as we continue to work with our team projects, we’re going to look at Jesus’ mentoring process through the sending of the seventy-two.

Key Verse: “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).

Thoughts to Consider: Before we look at the sending of the seventy-two in Luke 10, it’s important to consider the context. Jesus had been ministering for about two years when He started what is called His third (and final) Galilean tour. Before the tour started, the buzz from His previous tour through the region was already attracting a lot of hangers-on. In today’s passage, three different people came to Jesus claiming they wanted to follow Him, but each was given a challenge that at least two of them were unable to meet. 

Jesus doesn’t want fans, He wants disciples—followers who won’t give up when things get hard. What kind of follower are you? This is a question all believers must ask themselves. Would we stay with Jesus if the cost became really high? Because it might. That’s who Jesus wants, disciples who will stick with Him, no matter what.