F O O T H O L D
READING
6 CATCHING MEN!
PRAY Help me to hear your
call to me, loving Father.
READ Mark 1:1428.
THINK Is there a warning, a
command or an example to note in this
reading?
FOCUS The great moment had
come the Son of God, the Saviour of the
world, was beginning his
work in public. Where? In Galilee, an
almost unknown backwater of
the Roman Empire. When? Just after
John the Baptist had been
imprisoned by Herod for boldly declaring
God's truth.
What was Jesus' message (15)?
Is it a message you need to hear or
to share?
THE FIRST FOLLOWERS (1620).
Jesus went for a walk on the beach
and invited some fishermen
to help him. They would have been
brave and sturdy men, but
Jesus was not needing brute force; and
rough fishermen from Galilee
would cut no ice in Jerusalem, let
alone in Rome. 'What did he
say to them?' 'You will fish for
men'! In other words, Jesus
took them as they were with the skill
they already had and
promised to use them. 'What is he teaching
us?' Anyone may serve him we simply have to put what skills and
abilities we have at his
disposal, and be prepared for anything he
wants for us and from us!
THE FIRST CHALLENGE (2128).
Although he had faced Satan in the
wilderness and overcome him,
Jesus was not to be allowed to go on
unchallenged. He preached in
the Jewish meetinghouse, and made a
great impression. (Try to
place yourself in this event the crowd
astonished at this unknown
preacher with such a powerful message
... the looks, the
whispering, the discussion!) Satanic power was
present, controlling this
unfortunate man; but Jesus showed his
authority.
PRAY Lord Jesus, may my
belief in you be matched by my obedience to
you.
