So what is the lesson from this story?
Read Luke 4:13-30 and journal what you think the lesson is
The people of Nazareth thought that they were special because of where they were from, they thought they were good with God because the Messiah was going to (and eventually did) come from Nazareth. There are times when we in the church do the same thing. So many times we put our faith in our church, in the building, the denomination, the pastor, but we never really have faith ourselves.
The question Jesus raises with the people of Nazareth is the same for us where do we put our faith? In our church, our parents, our upbringing. Or do we find ourselves like the widow or the leper, people who don’t have the right upbringing, who don’t know all the answers, who may not even have a church home, but put their hope and their faith in God. Essentially, Jesus tells us that we don’t get the Kingdom of God because of where we are from, or which church we are a part of, or which denomination we are a part of, it’s our faith.
The question for us is does our faith look more like the Nazarenes or the widow? Are we putting our faith in the things around us, or are we in our deepest struggles in our most desperate hours putting our faith and trust in God?
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