Tuesday, January 17, 2012

We can all use some of this...

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”(Luke 4:18-19 ESV)

As Jesus stood and read these words in the synagogue, there is something for everyone. Who is not poor in some sense of the word. That covers us all. For those of us who need further explanation, He goes into detail - captives... blind... oppressed - those who feel helpless, like a victim. That truly is what we are when it comes to sin on our own. We cannot deal with it. Just as we needed Christ to face temptation in our place (vss. 1-13), we needed Him to battle sin itself for us - to free us, restore us, to impart to us God's favor and blessing. Christ does it all. It begins when we admit we are the poor, blind captives who need Him as deliverer, and it continues on day to day trusting in Him, not ourselves, to have victory over sin.

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