Whenever we embark on a new initiative we always make sure that it will not die an instant death. We would ensure that there are sufficient resources, facilities, personnel and whatever it takes to makes sure that we do not fail. Add to that the fact that we would like to do things our way. We expect the superiors to be kind to us (since we are on a pioneering mission), understand us and have an extra soft corner for us.
Contrast this with the working style of Jesus:
Our notion of freedom as options and movement is a pleasant luxury, but not what Jesus is seeking when he goes into the desert, when he seems to limit himself in terms of family, marriage and a place to “lay his head”, when he even accepts the limitations of a short ministry among uneducated people at a low period of religion in a country occupied by a foreign oppressor! That is not much freedom by our definition, but more than enough for him to say “the kingdom of God is among you” (Luke 17: 21).[Richard Rohr Jesus' Plan for a New World: The Sermon on the Mount (Mumbai: St Pauls, 2009) 28.]
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