Wednesday's thoughts

"What Jump Started Jesus?"
This is not a question you hear asked just every day. It's not a question I think I have ever asked but it is a good question and, I think, an important question.

Was it his baptism? When his cousin baptized him and the voice of God was heard to say, "This is my son of whom I am so proud"?

Was it when his mother told him to turn the water into wine at the wedding at Cana? When he asked her, "What has this to do with me?"

Was it when John the Baptist was killed by Herod?

What got Jesus on the mark to do the work God wanted him to do? He waited 30 years. For thirty years he worked as a carpenter and then for three or four years he sprung into action. What got him going?

We find that story of the wilderness event when he was tempted to turn stones into bread, when he was invited to jump down from a high place and let God protect him, and when he was told he could rule over all the world. He rejected those options. Was that a dream or a crisis?

I think that's what jump started Jesus. I think something happened in his life that made the wilderness event a pivotal time in his life and I think I know what it was. I think I know what caused Jesus to question his values and who tapped into his bliss. I think I know and I will try to explain this on Sunday.

What do you think "jump started" Jesus?

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I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles