The angel said to [Mary], "Do not
be afraid, you have found favor with God.
You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him
the name Jesus. He will be great and
will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will
reign over the house of Jacob forever."
--Luke 1:30-33
New International Version
THOUGHTS
ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE
Jesus is identified by many names stated or
implied in the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John). Notice how Jesus is
identified in just this one passage:
child, son, Jesus, great, Son of
the Most High, King, son of David, and leader of Israel (Jacob). Jesus exhausts all descriptions, and yet
chose to be limited to imperfect descriptions by becoming human. But this flood of names and descriptions helps
us find Jesus a Savior in every trial and blessing of life. Jesus is Savior for all seasons.
MY
PRAYER
Holy and Almighty Father, I thank you for all
the ways Jesus is described and all the names he is given. They help me see the
breadth of his nature and the depth of his character. Please bless me so I may
always find a dimension of Jesus' ministry or a name or description of Jesus to
help sustain me, when I walk through the shadows of doubt caused by the evil
one. Help me, O Father, to see Jesus and
not my preoccupations and biases so that when he comes again, I will know him,
and he me. Through the glorious name of
the Savior I pray. Amen.
No More Hiding
Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to
him, “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:9
After Adam and Eve fell into sin, they heard
the sound of the Lord walking in the garden. What did they do? They hid
themselves from His presence.
There is something God wants us to learn here
about sin-consciousness: It makes us hide from Him when He actually wants to
hang out with us. It makes us feel like we’ve fallen off His radar. It makes us
feel afraid of Him when the safest and most comforting place in the world is in
His presence.
Adam was sin-conscious. He said to God, “I
heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid
myself” (Genesis 3:10). Now, this nakedness was not just physical. Adam saw
himself unworthy of God. He was aware of his sin. He never had this awareness before.
Prior to his act of disobedience, when God came into the garden, he would hang
out with God without any sense of uncleanness. Then, he became conscious of his
sin and ran away from God’s presence.
Beloved, God wants to hang out with you. But
you can’t have an intimate relationship with Him when you are sin-conscious and
feeling unworthy in His presence. The good news is that Jesus’ blood has
removed all your sins and made you righteous. And God is so pleased with His
Son’s sacrifice that He will by no means remember your sins (Hebrews 10:17). So
come out of your hiding place and hang out boldly with God. It’s in His
presence that you are empowered, refreshed and recharged. It’s in His presence
that you receive from Him!
By: Joseph Prince
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Cabrera Gali
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