Further Study - Max Lucado

Deut 4:29
29 sBut from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you tin the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is ua merciful God. vHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

8 qCome, behold the works of the Lord,

how he has brought desolations on the earth.

9 rHe makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

he sbreaks the bow and shatters the spear;

the burns the chariots with fire.

10 u“Be still, and know that I am God.

vI will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!”

11 pThe Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.

3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

Luke 4:14-16 (New International Version)

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.

This one always makes me think - Jesus was rejected in his own town - because they knew him - from the beginning - It brings to mind the seemingly lack of appreciation that many of us feel... Kind of like - the difference in how you're treated at home - at your parents home - and at work.... I'm a kid in one place - a wife in another - and a leader in another ..... but I'm never all at the same time...

Jude 1:20-21 (New International Version)

20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.