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October 15th
The bible reading today is in Mark 4,5.
When I began to read this part of Jesus’ story, a couple of things dawned on me.
First, Jesus was always on mission. For instance...a walk on the seashore became an opportunity to bear testimony to the good news of God. Did he ever have solitude?...being alone with his thoughts?...relaxing and not on stage at the insistent request of others?
Sure, Jesus rested, Jesus retreated, Jesus stole away to be by himself and recharge for the mission on which the Father sent him. But, more times than not, even those hours were interrupted with new mission demands.
Yes, Jesus was always on mission...always alert to one more opportunity to share the gospel.
The Second thing that dawned on me in this part of Jesus’ story, is how creative Jesus was in and on his mission. For instance, one day he was beside the sea of Galilee again, just a short walk from his house in Capernaum.
More and more people began to drop what they were doing and get close to the rabbi so that they could hear what he was saying.
And what did Jesus do? This time he didn't lead the crowd to a nearby mountainside. He chose another pulpit...a fisherman’s boat just cast off from shore.
There he would take advantage of the good acoustics and the beautiful, and peaceful backdrop of the sea.
Now, how creative was that?! And from there, Jesus taught the crowd onshore.
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.””
