Apostellein - How's That For A New Word

What2Say2Day? I'm a word guy. I like to know words and their meanings and origins. So imagine my delight when I looked up the origin of the word "apostle" and found it came from the Greek verb apostellein which means to send away. I chuckled a little, until I let that meaning settle into my mind.

That's exactly what a ministry with Christ is meant to be - sent away. Okay, listen, I'm not being facetious; a ministry with Christ is not meant to be still, stagnant. We are called to be apostles, or those who are sent away, and take the message that God's unconditional love is here and now.

Yesterday I mentioned the way those four former fisherman found a way to live a new life by immediately following a complete stranger. Today I want to talk about why Jesus asked those twelve  people to be his disciples. Mark 313-15 gives us a brief explanation (just like everything else in Mark - brief and to the point).

"He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons."

We are the apostles of Christ. Don't be stagnant with his message. We're called to be sent away, so go away.
 And do it now!