It's Day 4 and we're in Luke 4.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 14 - I want to see "the power of the Spirit" flowing through my life.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
Your Comments and Questions:
- "John told the crowd to 'produce fruit' (vs. 8). When the crowd asked 'what do we do?' (vs. 10) John told people who had two shirts to share with someone who had none (vs. 11) and the same with food (vs. 11). To the tax collectors John said to 'not collect more than required' (vs. 13). To the soldier John said to 'not extort money or falsely accuse people' (vs. 14). John gave some examples of bearing fruit that everyone can do - share, help the poor, be honest, don't lie, be content with what you have, don't steal. But John also gave specific instructions to specific people, based on who they were and the opportunities they had to bear fruit. As a body of believers, we should not expect everyone to bear fruit in the same way. Every mom should not be expected to take a turn in the nursery. Every man should not be expected to pray out loud in service. Every older lady should not be expected to cook for the church dinners. Everyone is not called to go door to door in the community. As Christians we can delight in that God has called us all to be giving, honest, truthful, and content. And we can rejoice that God has called us to bear fruit in different ways. We don't look at an apple tree and ask why it isn't bearing pears. We shouldn't look at another believer and ask why they aren't doing the same things we're doing."
