There were many times I was moved to speak up on the message from our Lord. The message of His love and salvation. The call for repentance and holiness. To bring hope and comfort to those before me who was clearly in need. But I chose to be silent, thinking I was not good enough, not eloquent enough. Who was I that they will listen? What qualifications did I possess? There were far better people suited for the task.
But as I grew in faith I realised they were all missed opportunities. He had chosen me in my weakness, with my shortcomings and all, so that His glory could shine through me. He would fill me up and make me whole. I, like many others are far better suited for the task He provides then we can ever imagine. Even our past can be used as testimony for the future.
Lord Jesus let Your spirit be upon be me, that I may serve Your flock not with my own wisdom. Let me instead be a beacon of Your love. So that their faith rest on the power of Your glory. Amen
FIRST READING
1 Corinthians 2:1–5
GOSPEL
Luke 4:16–30
Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Is this not the son of Joseph?” He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
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