Lent Devotional: The Mission Journey Through Lent
As you prepare for this journey, the first step is to read Mark 6:1-13. Dedicate yourself to reading these verses repeatedly while we travel together through this Lenten season. The order of these verses reminds readers of what precedes the travel of those engaged in discipleship. Jesus empowers believers, entrusts them with mission, and with packing instructions, sends them out.
Jesus of Nazareth was rejected at Nazareth when he taught in the synagogue on the sabbath. His own neighbors responded to him with skepticism. Amazed at their unbelief, Jesus “could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them” (6:5). Yet, Jesus did not give up his mission. He called his disciples, paired them, and sent them out on their own mission-driven journeys (6:7-13). Jesus also makes us his disciples, and he entrusts us with his mission.