"But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in His own hometown. Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner--a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian." When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious. Luke 4:24-28 (NLT)
My buddy Rich has been trying to tell me this for months. Then Pastor Brown brought this as his text this morning.
All that power we have in Jesus' name, yet we are not always to use it. Sometimes the recipient is not willing to receive...
... and how sad that is!
but He passed right through the crowd and went on His way. Luke 4:30 (NLT)
I have experienced this too! I didn't even realize it, but I walked right through the middle of them as I left. That scripture came alive for me that day!
