(reworked from 2012)
SCRIPTURE: Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
OBSERVATION: I like to read about God speaking to specific people at specific times. I like to read about historical people that were present in the world at the specific time God spoke. God is not separate from history but wraps himself within the context of human existence.
The Bible is not about people and places no one has ever seen or known. In the Bible we read of God being involved in the daily lives of real historical people.
A day or two ago I heard a speech given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he spoke about Moses as a real person whose words meant something still today. The present is wrapped in the reality of history. It is good for us to know history. It is good for us to know what God has said and done in the past.
APPLICATION: I can tell my son and granddaughter of the specific times and places God has spoken to me. My history is a story of God being involved in my daily life, speaking to me, providing for me. God is wrapped in my history.
Others can learn from my history. They can see that God is very concerned and active in our lives today.
PRAYER: Lord, as this day moves into history may I look back and see that you have wrapped yourself in all the events of today! I saw you today in the lives of my family. I saw you today in a pastor leading a funeral. I saw you today in the lives of those in the car in which I was riding. You were everywhere! Amen.
Pastor Leon
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