Fearless, Son Of God.
Micah Abeloe
Luke 4:1 7-21 “And He was handed the book of the prophet
Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the
place where is was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord.” Then He closed the book, and
gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of
all who were in the synagogue were fix on Him. And He
began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in
your hearing.”
I chose the attribute of fearlessness and the name Son of
God for this devotional about Jesus. This bit of scripture
from the gospel according to Luke spoke how fearless Jesus
was and how deeply rooted in His identity of being the “Son
of God” He was. Up to this point, Jesus has been teaching
and healing in many synagogues throughout Galilee. He
arrives in His hometown of Nazareth and enters the
synagogue, as was His custom. He is handed the book of
Isaiah to read and boldly pronounces that He is the long-
awaited Messiah.
The only way for Jesus to make this bold claim of Himself is
that He knows exactly who He is and His purpose on earth.
He knows that He is the Son of God and He was sent here
for a divine purpose and nothing can stop him. Jesus knows
the truth of God and who He is in God. He knows that He
and His father are inseparable. He knows that He can do all
things through Him who gives Him strength (Philippians
4:13). This proclamation from Jesus is amazingly bold and
courageous and there is no fear in Him whatsoever! He says
these things knowing how the crowd would take it. Jesus
shows here that we should never allow fear to dictate our
purpose as sons and daughters of kingdom of God, which is
to bear the full image of God through grace that comes from
faith.
Questions:
- Do you believe at the core of your spirit that you are a Son
or Daughter of God and you bear his image?
- What fear or fears in your life are stopping you from living
out the perfect will of God in your life?
- How can you allow the Grace of God completely annihilate
these fears?
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