Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-two

(Luke 10:1-24)  Many found excuses not to follow Jesus, but many did follow the Lord and this passage tells how Jesus sent them out to prepare the way for him. We who are serving the Lord can take comfort that if he has sent us into a situtation, we preparing the way for him. Ministry will not end with us. At some point Jesus will come along into people's lives and bring to fulfillment what he has used us to begin.

After the seventy-two come back with glowing reports of how people were helped and healed, Jesus says in v18 that he saw Satan fall like lightning. Comentators have wrestled with this statement, wondering if Jesus is speaking historically, or presently, or prophetically. In any case, we know how God's Story ends. The good wins over evil. It behooves us to link our story with Jesus' story so that he may share his happy ending with us.