Matthew 10:5-15 ~ The Commissioning of the Apostles

Excerpt:

The disciples were going through an intensive situation to learn to live by faith. Do you know that every Christian is put through this kind of circumstance in their walk with Christ?

In the Old Testament Jesus took the Jewish people through the wilderness to the Promised Land. It was an eleven day journey to get to the Promised Land. He could have taken them the shorter plush way. But He purposely took them through the desert to teach them that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. In the desert there was no food, no water. And they complained to Him the whole way. God miraculously provided food and water for them, but still they complained. To the point that when it was time to come into the Promised Land, He said they could not enter in. They would have to go around the mountain until they died. It took forty years to travel an eleven day journey. Spiritually, many Christians are going around the mountain.

God is going to take us through hard times where we must learn to trust the Lord and His word no matter what, even when there is no provision. We will be out in the hot desert with no food, no water, just the Lord, trusting that He is going to keep His word. That is the best circumstance in which to learn how to trust Him.

So, if you are a believer and you have not gone through times like these yet, you will. You will lose everything. And the Lord will take you through the desert to teach you that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.