DAY 7 WITH THE SON

I'm taking the 40 days leading up the Christmas to focus on the life of Jesus and do a mini-reflection. I'm following along with Liza on her special blog called 40 Days with the Son, based on the Max Lucado book 3:16.

Here is how to join us in reflection of the spirit of this upcoming holiday season.

Today's verse is from the very beginning of Mark and some of the first information that the writer of the Gospel tells us about Jesus.

Titled Bye, Nazareth: "Jesus went into Galilee,proclaiming the good news of God."- Mark 1:14

Mark wastes no time with birth stories or genealogy, but gets straight to Jesus work on Earth. The "proclaiming the Good news of God" is a profound statement and summary of Jesus' work on Earth. He didn't come to heal or feed or teach parables or be a good spiritual leader. He came proclaiming the new covenant, the new peace agreement, that God was making with his people. That he, in fact, WAS the perfect sacrifice for man's sins.

This passage is also a reminder to Christians that Jesus left his home, left his safe haven, left his comfort zone, to do the work which he was called by God to do. We as Christians must not keep our faith in the 4 walls of our comfortable church. We must go out into our modern Galilee and fulfill the Great Commission.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: It's amazing how every single action of Jesus provides an example of how Christians should live today.