Day Two: Luke
4:16-21 He came to Nazareth, where He had
been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and
stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and
unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written: The Spirit of
the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the
blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. He
then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the
eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him. He began by saying to
them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”
THERE IS NOTHING WORSE than missing college football on a
nice, fall Saturday.I
say that with experience, as a few weeks ago I had to skip the big game.I
felt like I was totally missing out.Friends kept calling and texting scoring updates, and I knew
what it was like to be completely out of the loop.
After returning home, I was able to get
caught up fairly quickly.Facebook
and Twitter were full of armchair quarterbacks, providing plenty of commentary
on key plays and the final score.The news of the game was being broadcast and proclaimed by a
multitude of people in a multitude of various mediums.
It’s interesting that the people
proclaiming the outcome of the game had nothing to do with the actual team
winning the game.But
they do often feel like they can take part in the big win by simply proclaiming
the victory.
In Luke we read that Jesus came to
bring the kingdom of God to earth.We don’t bring the kingdom of God to earth; Jesus does.So
what’s our part? Our part is to proclaim and broadcast that the kingdom is here
and we can enter it through the King.We get to announce to the world that our team won.Better
yet, we get to declare the truth of our King winning the battle over sin and
securing everlasting victory over evil!
We proclaim the kingdom with both our
lives and our mouths.We
aren’t afraid to proclaim the victory of our favorite team.Likewise,
we must not be afraid to proclaim the victory of King Jesus.
PAUSE AND REFLECT
▷▷Why do fans so readily broadcast and proclaim victory when
their team wins?
▷▷Why are so many believers hesitant to broadcast and proclaim
the victory of King Jesus?
▷▷What are some ways you can begin to
proclaim the victory of Jesus in your life?
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