On Sunday, we are going to be preaching about calling from Luke 5. In between Jesus’ sermon at the Synagogue in Nazareth that we taught on last Sunday and Luke 5 is Jesus casting out demons, healing mothers-in-law, and ridding people of disease. So, a bunch of miracles. But pastor, didn’t you just tell us not to fixate on the miracles?
There is a balance between believing that we serve a wonder-working God and reducing our relationship with that God to just what he does for us.
In fact, here is the end of Luke 4, after Jesus had been healing everyone, it says “Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds searched everywhere for him and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them. But he replied, ‘I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns because that is why I was sent.'”
Too often, we get comfortable with thinking about what God is doing for us. Maybe our relationship with Jesus is good and strong. We like what we’ve got going on in our faith lives. But Jesus was not sent to just minister to us. The Good News needs to be spread to other towns, other people.
You know what Jesus’ real disciples did? The people of Capernaum wanted Jesus to stay with them; Jesus’ disciples (men and women) went with him.
God is spreading the news of his kingdom, That is what he is doing. If we are not following him in doing the same, we are in danger of being left behind like the people of Capernaum.
And remember, the people who got their miracles were the ones that he touched. If you want to be touched by Jesus, follow him where he is going in our world. Jesus is out spreading the good news. Are you?
Pastor Nick
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