“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4:18-19
Early in His ministry, Jesus
returns to His hometown of Nazareth. While there, He went to the synagogue and
took his opportunity to read from the scroll of Isaiah. He went right to
the verses quoted above and had a mic drop moment. This caused quite a
reaction from the crowd to the point of taking him to the cliff's edge with the
intent of throwing Him over! Jesus survived the uproar and went on His
way.
The point of Jesus' reading and
testimony was to declare His Mission to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah
regarding the coming of the Messiah.
In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus,
"The Light of The World", informs us that, we too, are to be
"lights of the world." Then in John 14:12-14, he makes the
astonishing claim that in His Name and in the power of The Holy Spirit, we will
do far greater things than He!!
The takeaway? His Mission
is now Our Mission!
*Proclaim Good News to the
poor.
*Proclaim Liberty to the
captives.
*Give Sight to the blind.
*Bring Liberty to the oppressed.
*Bring the Favor of the Lord.
This is the message of the
Christmas Season and our daily mission!
Now, let's break out into a
round of "This Little Light of Mine!
May your Christmas Season be
blessed as you bless others with the Light of Christ!
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