11/12/2017
NAZARITE
JOHN 1 v 46" Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth? Nathaniel asked?
Life will ask questions of us at times. Nathaniel asked Philip, can anything good come from Nazareth? Nazareth was regarded as an insignificant place. Our God is the God of the insignificant and despised.
If you're despised today because of your current status or background, then rejoice because even our LORD Jesus was born in humble circumstances. Don't despise small begginings. ISAIAH 53 v 2" He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of the dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance that wr should desire him"
The life for the saviour of the world begun small. He was born in a Manger in a town of Bethlehem. Even after his birth, his parents had to flee to Egypt to escape the evil king Herod. After the death of Herod, they came to settle in Nazareth. He grew up as an ordinary obedient child who was misunderstood by his parents. LUKE 1 v 50" But they did not understand what he was saying". Even after he was fully growm , his own brothers were not fully convinced that he was the messiah ( JOHN 7 v 3).
So can anything really come out of Nazareth?
God is the God of small begginings. He is glorified in small begginings. I gave a lift to some guy yesterday who is aspiring to stand in his constituency as a Member of Parliament in 2019. He was sharing his humble beginnings and his struggles to get a degree and a Masters degree which by the way was fully funded. He lost 2 sisters in his first year. In the 2nd year, he had to undergo surgery just before sitting for exams. All this made him think of quitting his studies. But he reasoned with himself, 'no one in our family has ever had a degree, if i quit today, what example would I be setting for my relatives to follow'
The Israelites knew from scripture that a saviour will be born to the world. But most of them did not believe it was Jesus because of his humble begg