I believe that in every human heart there is the desire to love and to be loved, there is the desire in each of us to make the world a better place, we wish that life was better, we wish that there wasn't sorrow and disease and heartache. For some this stirs up a desire to do something, to change something, to achieve something significant, to help others, to share what we have or what we know. Others look inward and try to fill the hole in their own heart, before being able to think of the needs of others. Some give up all hope of being able to change anything. Maybe you've been in all of these places, I have.
Something that has dawned on me is how limited we all are in our own strength, with our own ideas, with our time and our resources, and our energy.
Together, we can do so much more. But even then, we are limited in what we can achieve.
Even Jesus needed something more. Before he started his work, he was baptised and the Spirit of God came upon him. His first public speech was as follows:
"16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a]
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus had a big list of things to do too. The power he had to do them with was by "the spirit of the Lord". It's actually God's world. He loves it. He loves the people. He wants to see the same things happen in the world that we do, thats because he actually put that desire in our hearts, and it's actually his plan to start with.
Its only by His Spirit that we can do those things that we really desire to do in the world.
Here's a link to a song about how powerful God is ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3L-GAsaITM
Something that has dawned on me is how limited we all are in our own strength, with our own ideas, with our time and our resources, and our energy.
Together, we can do so much more. But even then, we are limited in what we can achieve.
Even Jesus needed something more. Before he started his work, he was baptised and the Spirit of God came upon him. His first public speech was as follows:
"16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a]
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus had a big list of things to do too. The power he had to do them with was by "the spirit of the Lord". It's actually God's world. He loves it. He loves the people. He wants to see the same things happen in the world that we do, thats because he actually put that desire in our hearts, and it's actually his plan to start with.
Its only by His Spirit that we can do those things that we really desire to do in the world.
Here's a link to a song about how powerful God is ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3L-GAsaITM
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