Many Blessings the Father intend for our good are rejected because of our own way in which we believe the blessing will come. The children of Israel desperately awaited the Messiah that was prophesied about in Isaiah and by the other prophets who would come to save the children of Israel. They knew that their Savior was going to be a conquering King like David who would be a mighty man of War. He would overthrow the Roman government and bring peace to the Children of Israel for eternity. This carpenter from Nazareth could not be the King that would usher in this new era of prosperity for their nation.
Mankind's pride and worldly wisdom are the reasons why man still to this day, miss the gifts and movement of God!!! God presented Israel with a perfect Savior and He was rejected because the present was not wrapped in the proper package. It did not have the proper bows attached and therefore was rejected by the very sheep that the Shepperd came to save. God has plainly said in His Word that "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts", (Isaiah 55:9). We to this day continue to reject the blessings and movements of God in our Marriages, Families, Friendships, Workplace, Church, and the world because we are busy looking for what we believe to be the proper packages. Today, look at your life and ask God to give you eyes to see and a heart to understand all the wonderful gifts He has bestowed upon you. Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of recognizing God's Gifts on purpose!!!!!
Luke 4
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
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.”[f]
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.”
22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.
Acts 13
26 “Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. 27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. 28 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.
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