“There is something that God wants me to know, feel, or do differently because of what I am about to read.”
God wants me to know that Jesus is the ultimate prophet. I often think of Jesus as my Lord and Savior who has certainly fulfilled prophecy, but I don’t often dwell on his role as a prophet. Yet obviously, he truly was the authoritative voice of God, speaking words of comfort as well as challenging his listeners with words of admonition.
I am grateful for his authority as a messenger of God, and that Jesus’s message as a prophet continues to impact my life today, thousands of years later. I am comforted by the fact that he is the “Prince of Peace”, particularly during the hustle-bustle of the holiday season, and I am challenged by his words of admonition to “take up my cross daily”, putting to death those things that can hold me back in my relationship with him and other people, knowing that ultimately this if for my own good!
“They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.”
My takeaway-
“There is something that God wants me to know, feel, or do differently because of what I am about to read.”
God wants me to know that Jesus is the ultimate prophet. I often think of Jesus as my Lord and Savior who has certainly fulfilled prophecy, but I don’t often dwell on his role as a prophet. Yet obviously, he truly was the authoritative voice of God, speaking words of comfort as well as challenging his listeners with words of admonition.
I am grateful for his authority as a messenger of God, and that Jesus’s message as a prophet continues to impact my life today, thousands of years later. I am comforted by the fact that he is the “Prince of Peace”, particularly during the hustle-bustle of the holiday season, and I am challenged by his words of admonition to “take up my cross daily”, putting to death those things that can hold me back in my relationship with him and other people, knowing that ultimately this if for my own good!
“They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.”
Mark 1:21-22