Preachers Trust in the Lord | Mark 6:8–12
He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— 9 but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. 10 And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. 11 And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” 12 So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. We’re continuing to look at the sending of the apostles, and here, Jesus’s instructions to them seem strange. They’re to bring nothing with them—no provisions. They’re certainly sent with an urgency, but also with a lesson. Even though they have supernatural authority (v. 7), must still trust in the Lord for their provisions. There’s also a hint here as to how God expects His ministers to live. The apostles had to take nothing . They weren’t to model wealth (spo...