From Livestream
by Guest Speaker, Bro Josh Carson on March 12, 2017
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him (Luke 4:16–20, KJV).
Jesus had just returned to Nazareth after spending 40 days in the wilderness battling His flesh and the devil. He was ready to embark on His earthly ministry. In Nazareth, Jesus went to the synagogue, and opened the Word of God to Scriptures the prophet Isaiah had penned many years prior (Isaiah 61:1–2).
But, Jesus stopped midway reading the Scriptures because He detected disbelief among the people. He rebuked the people in regards to their lack of faith. They believed there was a promise to come, but didn’t believe the promise was standing right in front of them.
We must realize everything we could ever need is found in Jesus Christ. He is the promise standing before us today; we can be complete in Him. We don’t have to wait for something to occur tomorrow, a month, or even a year from now. Jesus is on the scene, letting us know He will supply our every need, and that He’s here today to provide deliverance, healing, etc.
Because of their disbelief, Jesus left the synagogue in Nazareth and headed to Capernaum. The people of this city believed in His word! By their expression of faith, an atmosphere opened up that made way to cast devils out (Luke 4:31–33).
When we exercise our faith in God, the miraculous will happen. All we have to do is realize we don’t need to look anywhere else; Jesus is all that we need. What we have in Him is not religion, but relationship. He’s not just a God, but He’s our Lord and Savior. We must utter today it’s all in Him and see the power of His presence manifested in our life.
