The Power

DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

THE POWER

Luke 4:14-15

14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

NIV

So often we talk about being more like Jesus, but it is all too often that implies loving our neighbor, or being when we say we want to be Christ-like we are thinking in terms of how we behave, or response in our relationship with others. Yet how often do we think in terms of being Christ-like as going to places in the power of the Spirit? Does arriving somewhere in the power of the Spirit usually cause news to spread about us through the whole community? This would be a whole lot different than being a reserved quite person who desires no attention at all, appearing, at least, humble. Perhaps if we truly want to be more like Jesus we should be living a life full of the power of the Spirit which would cause news about us to spread. People would be talking about us, because we would be different than they are. We would be full of the power of the Spirit. We would teach in the churches, we would teach, speak where ever we were, telling about the good news, and people would praise us. Now that is a little out of our comfort zone, to have people praise us, as all praise should be given to God, to Jesus, but if we consider the fact we are full of the power of the Spirit, when we are praised for doing an exceptional job at work, or doing a great job at teaching a truth of God, at church, or whenever we do something really good, they are really praising the Spirit who we are full of his power, which of course we give the credit to. Although it is not recorded Jesus told them when they praised him, it was because he was full of the power of the Spirit, but then Jesus was God and due all the praise anyway. Yet the point here is that if we want to be more like Jesus, more Christ-like than we need to be full of the power of the Spirit and our life should reflect it.