TODAY’S SPECIAL: Luke 3:1-22
TO CHEW ON: “While Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.” Luke 3:2
I wonder if John the Baptist fit in with the other boys his age. Did he play? Was he mischievous and spunky? In every Bible mention of him he appears intense, earnest, focused – one of God’s rockets.
In today's passage he would have been 30-ish (a few months older than Jesus) and spending time, not with a wife or friends but alone in the desert. But not really alone because God was there. During his desert retreat, “the word of the Lord” came to him.
[The word used for “word” here is rhema – as opposed to logos. Rhema is the part of God’s entire word (the logos) which communicates to the reader/hearer. It is the same word used in the Ephesians 6 armor of God passage (“And take…the sword of the Spirit which is the word [rhema] of God”) where as believers are told to wield a portion of the word as a sword in the time of need.]
The rhema which came to John that day in the desert was the message of repentance. Preaching it became his destiny.
1. Pray that God will open your ears to His voice.
2. Keep a record of God’s rhema words to you. They may come in many ways – through reading the Bible, hearing Scripture in song lyrics, remembering Bible verses, listening to talks, lectures or podcasts of Bible teachers…
3. Obey and put into action the things God tells you.
PRAYER: Dear God, I would like to hear from You every day. Please help me to be open and receptive to Your words.
MORE: Do you have a rhema word or passage that has guided your life?
Mercy Me sings "Word of God Speak."
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