Go Back to Nazareth with Jesus

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the LORD's favor has come.” He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. Then he began to speak to them. "The Scripture you've just heard has been fulfilled this very day!" Luke 4:18-21 NLT

 

The Scripture in Isaiah 61:1 was fulfilled when Jesus read it there in Nazareth that day. It is exciting that Scripture is given as prophesy, then fulfilled and recorded. The people didn’t believe that Jesus was fulfilling that…that the Spirit of the Lord—the Holy Spirit—was upon Him. Would you have believed him if someone that you grew up with was professing to be anointed with the Lord’s favor? Thinking ahead now to the day of Pentecost—celebrated yesterday—would you have understood or believed that God was anointing three thousand people with the Holy Spirit at once? It is easy for us to believe such things because we can look back with the facts recorded in scripture. We’ve learned to trust God’s Word to be true…and it has many intertwining confirmations or reoccurring situations presented by God to His people to teach them…and us…about His love and care.  

 

Prayer ~ Holy Spirit please continue to reveal God’s will for our lives that we would be obedient and follow You. Just as Jesus fulfilled Scripture that day, show us how we can fulfill God’s plan as we pray—and intercede for our fellow Christians, family and friends.

 

© 2015 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.

Biblical search from Blue Letter Bible - http://v3.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm