Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24 / Mark 6:7-13
"To be sent" would imply that the one who is sent has a mission or a task at hand.
At the same time, that would also mean that there would be some anxiety and uncertainty and there may also be some difficulties.
Especially when one is sent to negotiate for peace or to do trouble-shooting and to clear up some mess.
In the gospel, we heard that after Jesus had been teaching around the villages, He began to send out His apostles in pairs and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
By the very fact that Jesus had to give authority to those He was sending out, means that He was sending them to "troubled spots" and that they would face challenges and difficulties as well as opposition from evil.
So as we heard from the gospel, they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.
It was quite obvious that the apostles were sent to places where there was a need and where it needs to be liberated and free from the clutches of evil.
Yet, where there is a need and where people are living in darkness and in shadow of fear and oppression, God will be there, and in fact He is already there.
But He needs people who are willing to be sent to these troubled spots so that they can be His channels and instruments of grace and healing.
God wants to empower us to carry out His mission; may we be willing to heed His call and be sent.