isaiah 61

In Luke 4 we are told "Jesus went AS USUAL to the synagogue". When He was there He stood & read from Isaiah 61. He begins reading these words “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed me to … preach, heal, free, proclaim …” As He read so His future began to unfold. He proclaims: “TODAY THIS SCRIPTURE IS FULFILLED IN YOUR HEARING”. This moment launched the Son of God into ministry and the fulfillment of all scripture. Just prior to this we have an account of Jesus defeating the devil in the wilderness after 40 days of fasting. He came out of that experience in the power of the Spirit. Yet Jesus went 'as usual' or 'as was His custom' to Church. An ordinary day sandwiched between 2 extraordinary events. You will find that the extraordinary does not come b

Apparently many actors have signed up to Steven Spielberg’s movies without reading the script first. A couple exceptions would be John Hunt and Ray Winstone – in these cases it is reported that a suited man was flown over to them, handed them the script and upon completing the reading the suited man flew back with the script. Actors sign up because Spielberg is the genius of the cinema world. Most of us sign our lives over to God because He is God before we have read much of the script … its called trust – you CAN trust Him. But once you have placed your life in His hands to then try & live out the scenes of your life without reading the script over & over would be like an actor saying now that I am signed up I still don’t need the script – the spirit of Spielberg lives in me

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