Trusting Others
Sometimes, the work is so great, you need help.
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. - Matt. 9:35-10:4
Jesus saw how many people needed help, and he cared about them.
He cared so much that he decided to send out the twelve to do the work of healing and spreading the word.
He gave them the authority to do his work and that empowered them to reach more people.
We can learn something from this approach. We can learn to trust those we hire and gather together to do the work we need to get done.
We can give others the power to be like us.
All it takes is to let go of our egos and trust others to be able to learn from us and be as good, if not better than we could be alone.
It is a great thing, to be able to see something you started, something you have passion for, to continue without you.
Jesus was prepared from the beginning to let go and let others be the change the world needed.
We should be like him that way.
More to come...