Psalms 45, 47, 48
Jesus spoke at his local synagogue. The congregation had not heard such a good speaker in a long time. He mentioned things that they had not heard in a long while. Their regular teachers gave them the same 'ole same 'ole. He spoke as if he knew what he was talking about. But the message he expounded was the message of the prophets - all that Isaiah stuff that one hears in Handel's Messiah. And Isaiah's message was only given because the Jews had ignored the Law of Moses which Jesus summed up as "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and your neighbour as yourself."
Every civilisation has its focus. The Greeks their wisdom and logic; the Jews wanted miracles (1 Corinthians 1:20-31). Jesus gave them miracles. Multitudinous miracles were before their eyes throughout his ministry but they could not see the relevance to Isaiah's message. We have our modern age focus, whatever your opinion of that might be. There is 4000 year old news. The news is only new when we open our eyes to see it.
We look around and see God at work in our lives and the world around us. This week I saw some catkins dancing over the snow. The miracle of the unfolding of nature is always here as a reminder that ' God is' when the rest of our little world seems black.
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