Luke 10:1 - 24

Jesus commissions another group of followers to reproduce His ministry in the surroudning region.  These 70 followers are sent to take the news of God's coming kingdom and its practical applications to the people of the area.  When they return, the followers are amazed at all they have seen and experienced.  Jesus' reply is telling.  The experiences are not the important event; the relationship that allowed the event to occur is.  It was a greater accomplishment to have their names included in the 'membership roll' of heaven than to exorcise demons.  What a thought!  We are so easily impressed with what God labels 'trivial' and so dismissive of what God sees as note-worthy.