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“After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also…therefore said He unto them…salute no man by the way” (Luke 10:1-2,4).
Here we see that the Lord Jesus sent out seventy of His disciples, to preach, and to heal the sick. He gave them instructions, and among their instructions they were told, “Salute no man by the way.” Does this mean that they were not to be polite or courteous, or speak to anyone they met on the way?
I do not believe that it means this. Rather, the Lord was telling them not to be “sidetracked” by anyone along the way. They were not to waste their time in idle conversation or visiting with those they might meet. Rather, they were to remember that they had been given work to do for the Lord, and they were to do it. When the Lord Jesus was only twelve years old, He said to His parents, “Wist ye not [do you not know] that I must be about My Father’s business”?
It should be the same with us. God has a work for each of us to do in this world, and we should be careful not to waste our time, but rather to do what the Lord has entrusted to us.
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