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Monday, January 19, 2009
The Famine Is Over!
People went to hear John. The people came from Jerusalem and
all Judea and all the area around the Jordan River. People
told the sins they had done, and John baptized them in the
Jordan River.
-- Matthew 3:5-6 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
There is something self-revealing in God's word when presented in all
of its liberating and uncomfortable truth. Amos had warned God's people
many years earlier that there would be a famine for God's word, a time
when the voice of God through the prophets would go silent. John was
the re-awakening of God's voice through a prophet. There was a clarity
and ring of truth in his convicting message. He called people to a
life-change through the confession of sins and baptism. People flocked
to hear him, and then changed their lives based on John's message from
God. John was not in a convenient location. John didn't have money or
power to gain an audience. What was John's attractiveness? God's voice
was recognizable in his preaching. The famine was over! People flocked
to feed on the truth of God!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Holy and Righteous Father, give me a love for your truth and a passion
for your word. Through your Spirit, please enable me to understand and
apply your truth in my daily life. In the name of my Lord Jesus I pray.
Amen.
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