The Devil would wear us out before our time, if he could.”

It is the duty of His servants to do so also. He Himself was careful to take His needed rest.

How solicitous Jesus was for His tired servants. The Greek word for rest is in the middle voice, literally meaning refresh yourselves, rest up a deserted place (or desert in the kjv) isn’t a desert in the sense we use the word, but a deserted place, solitary, lonely, uninhabited, the kind of place for an “over-wrought, exhausted Christian worker. These men as well as Jesus Himself needed rest in view of the stress of all that had been going on. What did Jesus prescribe for His men, and why (v. What happened when the apostles returned from their mission (v. Please carefully read Mark 6:30-32 and answer the following questions.ġ. We look this week at a heart of faith and compassion. Let’s turn to it now and learn what we can apply to our lives today from these things. This is a chapter from which we can learn a lot about having a true heart of compassion, but also in which we see faith tested and many ministered to despite the enemy’s efforts to stop His work in its tracks. Yet the chapter continued on from there, and that is where we will pick up this week. She used everyone to accomplish her purposes, even her own daughter who danced provocatively in front of Herod and his guests! It accomplished what Herodias wanted: the silencing of the voice that had repeatedly rebuked Herod and herself for their sin. Herod’s evil wife Herodias (whom he shouldn’t even have married) was the force behind this plot to murder John. Sadly we read of the execution of John the Baptist under Herod. This mission gave the disciples training in how to serve and live by faith, and it is the final push being made by Jesus into the Galilee area, for He was now transitioning away from ministry there. Rather than letting this harsh rejection derail His ministry in Galilee, Jesus instead multiplied it! He sent out the twelve disciples in pairs to be able to cover more ground there. Jesus’ own family and others He had grown up with rejected Him. The first half of Mark 6 showed us much about the heart of unbelief and compromise. Lesson 10 : Compassion and Faith ( Mark 6:30-56)

Anxious Disciple by Mark Mills