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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Editor's Note:
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This week Phil is in Uganda, Africa with 15 other bloggers
who are seeing first-hand the work of Compassion International.
You can read the moving story of Phil personally meeting
Doreen, the little girl his family sponsors:
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200802/20080213_doreen.html
He is posting updates from his trip on his blog:
http://blogs.heartlight.org/phil/
Please prayerfully consider taking part in this effort!
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More Than a Title
Jesus saw the many people. So he told his followers to get a
small boat and make it ready for him. Jesus wanted the boat
so that the many, many people would not push against him.
Jesus had healed many people. So all the sick people were
pushing toward him to touch him. Some people had evil spirits
{from the devil} inside them. When the evil spirits saw
Jesus, they bowed before him and shouted, "You are the Son of
God!" But Jesus commanded the spirits strongly not to tell
people who he was.
-- Mark 3:9-12 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Jesus is more than a miracle maker and was never a title seeker.
Instead, Jesus ministers to show God's love and compassion, yet does
not want his ministry of preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom thwarted
by those who think they know who he is. So often today, we know Jesus
by his titles as Christian insiders. In times of distress, we want him
to be our miracle maker. Jesus, however, is Lord and Master. We come to
him and receive his grace, mercy, salvation, comfort, life, and Spirit.
Yet Jesus is still Lord. He is not our servant boy and he is much more
than any title. He will define who he is by what he does. In Mark's
Gospel, this means that he will go to the Cross and define what it
means to be Son of God and the Christ (Messiah). In the process, he
also sets us an example for how we should live -- a life of sacrificial
service to bring others to God. So if Jesus is to be more than a title
for us, then his life must be seen in us!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Holy and loving God, my Abba Father, let the beauty, passion,
conviction, love, commitment, and obedience of your Son be seen in my
life. Teach me what it means for Jesus not only to be my Savior, but
also to be my Lord. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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