No Limits With Jesus

 

 Note: I'm still writing from the hospital and am late posting this because of all the medical activity that goes on each morning...It's finally quiet now...Thank you for your understanding and patience.

 

 

 Luke 6:12-19

 The Twelve Apostles

¹² One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. ¹³ When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: ¹⁴ Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, ¹⁶ Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Blessings and Woes

¹⁷ He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸ who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, ¹⁹ and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them.

We get a clear picture of Jesus in these eight verses....He prayed before making his selection of his close followers, including Judas, a necessary part of the plan for our redemption, and then preaches and heals, including all. This was his mission and he went about it with energy, confidence and power. There was much more to come, but he got off with a rolling start. He stands as a model for us as we begin our day. Who will need healing by word or prayer? Who will need a listener? Who will need a helping hand?  We are Jesus in the flesh for our day. Let's be as lavish and generous with our gifts as he was.

Bro. Rene

Dear Jesus, let me not hold back, but do as you did, being prayerful and generous with our time and gifts. Amen.