Thank God for the magnamious Spirit of the Saviour of the world. He walked on this sea, He traveled on this sea, He saved the disciples from storms and Peter from drowning. He healed people on the banks of this water, He fed thousands on these shores miraculously, near here He preached the most famous sermon ever to be preached. His headquarters for His preaching and teaching were near here in the city of Capernaum. Jesus was raised in a little town of Nazareth where He lived for about 30 years. The little town had about 200 people. He had no comforts, He said himself He had no place to lay His head. He walked everywhere He went through a dusty, rugged mountainous, dry atmosphere. He did not seek riches nor honor. He had no American comforts as we have. He lived in obscurity most of His life and yet Jesus has made an impact upon history that no other single individual has ever done. Perhaps it is because He really did love us like He said He did. He died for us. Not only that, He died for all men everywhere. His commission was literally to the whole world and it remains so today. He shows no favoritism. Indeed He is the epitome of the phrase " all men are created equally". We are all sinners, and yet He loves us all and He died for us all "... while we were yet sinners...".
All of our righteousness is as filthy rags according to Isaiah and David said blessed is the man whose sins are covered and the Apostle Paul quoted David telling us that God imputes His rightoeousness to us . This Jesus who walked by the shores of the Sea of Galilee and who suffered crucifixion in the City of Jerusalem shed His Blood so that we might be made righteous. And as we stood by the Sea of Galilee to praise His glorious name because of His sacrifice, we realized the significance of His saying that if we believe in Him we will never die. Thank God for that. It occurred to us during our tour as we saw the little children , the little Muslim children, little Jewish children, Jewish Christian children that they all looked the same. Little innoncent children. Jesus said of such is the kingdom of heaven. What does He see when He sees all Christians? Does that great magnamious spirit look on us that way? I think He does. Should we not take a lesson from Him.
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He tells us that unless we become as little chldren we can not enter the Kingdom. As I watched my grand chldren last week, ages 5, 4 and eight months, It is a little eaiser to understand what He is asking. The younger one is, the more faith and trust we have that all needs and cares will be supplied. There is no worry or concern for our being. The younger the child, the more unconditional the love. They love because they can do nothing else. There is a light in their eyes that says "I know you and I belong to you." When a stranger comes into their space, that light changes and is guarded. I believe us becoming like little children is more about our dependence on and recogonition of Him.
Thanks for bringing a fresh and richer perspective to the roots of our spiritual heritage.
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