Daily Bread – January 26, 2022 (The Fourth Day – Genesis 1:14-19) Mark 6:3 – Is not this the carpenter the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon; and are not His sisters here with us? And they took offense at Him. Part 1 ~ Two Ways To Perceive There are two ways to perceive things: from a natural perspective, or from a spiritual. When Jesus went into His own hometown where He had grown up, everyone was amazed at the wisdom He had in the Scriptures, and at the reports they had heard concerning the mighty works done by His hands. Tragically, however, they did not perceive the anointing and the voice of God that was speaking through Him. Rather, they focused on the things their natural minds could understand, and the rumors they had heard. In so doing, they discredited all of the many signs that would have caused faith to arise in their hearts. Had they only been willing to look beyond their own bias and opinions, they would have stared into the face of God. Their long-awaited visitation from God was standing in front of them; but they had no eyes to see, nor ears to hear. Instead of knowing and believing the Scriptures that testified of Jesus, which would have also made their hearts sensitive to the voice of God, they believed only what the limitations of their natural mind could perceive. Instead of holding fast to all of the evidence and proofs God was speaking, they evaluated things after their own earthly knowledge. Their contemptible behavior focused on the fact that he was a common everyday carpenter, Who was the son of Mary and Whose brothers and sisters they were familiar with; and just because they thought they could explain His existence, they reduced Him to an average and questionable person – whom they took offense with. Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 1/26/2022
