Mark 6:1-6
Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands! Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at Him.
But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.
* Your life is constructed by how you think.
* 2 fish and 5 loaves - He blessed it. He broke it and He gave it. The order matters. Everybody wants to be blessed but do you know that being blessed comes with the breaking. There's stuff that God's gonna have to break. Once you allow Me to break your will, I could now distribute you, distribute you and consider you a miracle.
* Jesus who goes to a little girl's house that everybody says dead, and He says, "Little girl, I tell you, arise." And she gets up and the whole house is dumbfounded and they can't believe it and Jesus said, "Don't tell anybody about it."
Jesus is telling us, there's some things I'm gonna do in your life that you're not gonna have to talk about, blog about, post about, they're just gonna see it walking.
* Lack of miraculous due to honor deficiency
Before Jesus died, He lived.
Honor - be aware of the value and esteem it highly
Dishonor is a King repellent
* Jesus left because a King was in their presence but they didn't reverence Him. He left because they only saw Him as Jesus the Son of Joseph. They didn't see Him as Jesus the Son of David. They only had a 1-dimensional perspective of Jesus. They didn't see Him as the Messiah. They only saw Him as the carpenter.
When you view people the wrong way, you limit your access to receive what they carry. When you don't honor individuals.
When we don't honor somebody, whatever it is that God has put on their life for them to carry, we limit our access to receive that because we don't honor them.
God is everywhere, He's everywhere but not the same way. My awareness is everywhere, My Presence is everywhere but My arrival - GLORY - arrival in abundance comes by invitation only. You have to seek My Face.
James 4:8 If you draw night to Me, I'll draw night to you.
You seek My face, I'm right here. If you feel far from God, guess who's the one moving.
If you wanna leave Me, as much as it hurts My heart, I'll let you go and I'll stand there waiting for you with open arms. Ask the prodigal son. Because God is a leader, not a dragger, therefore, He will let you live on whatever level you settle for.
They see Him grow up, but they couldn't stand when He blew up.
I AM THAT I AM - God is multifaceted.
Why limited to seeing the miraculous?
1. We see Jesus one-dimensionally
Bad breakup, laid-off - you pray. I don't want prayer to be last resort, I want it to be first response. Some only see Him as a Savior and not Lord.
Savior - You saved me from my sin
Lord - Boss of my life
2. We're wearing the crown
We're not the King but Jesus is. God's Kingdom can't come in our life because ours hasn't gone yet. We're in the driver seat of our life and if a road is too bumpy, we'll make an exit even if that road is God's will.
3. We're surrounded by dishonoring people
Carnality is a second hand smoke to your spiritual growth. If it's time to change who you are, that also is going to require for you to change your circle.
4. Misplaced Weakness
We think honor is weak. You know how much strength it takes to show honor to a person that you don't think is honorable. It takes strength but we think it's weakness.
5. He's not our King
Why do you call Me Lord, Lord and do not do what I say? Luke 6:46
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