Anglican Daily Fountain 17th January 2024 (Devotional Today)
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TOPIC: SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF NAZARETH
1:43. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
1:44. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
1:45. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
1:46. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
1:48. Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
1:49. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
1:50. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
1:51. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Anglican Daily Fountain 17th January 2024 STUDY:
It is very often said that God specialises in bringing beauty out of ashes. This is very true! One of the reasons why many of the Jews rejected Jesus as the Messiah was because of His connection with the city of Nazareth; a place despised and looked down upon. It was the divine arrangement to orchestrate the exaltation and popularisation of the despised city that the parents of Jesus were led to move to live in Nazareth. God showed His power by bringing a Messiah out of Nazareth! Mary, in the Magnificat, said,”He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate ” (Luke 1: 52).
Today, if you are feeling downcast, despised or worthless, humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, that he might lift you up in due time (1 Pet. 5: 6). It is in Christ that every lost self-worth and self-confidence can be restored and lost identity regained. People around you may have written you off as “nothing”, as inconsequential, but a complete surrender and dependence on Jesus Christ can turn all that around. In Christ, there is grace that can turn situations around for your good and to God’s glory.
PRAYER: Lord, may I receive your power to turn every humiliating situation in my life around. Amen.
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