Friday, July 15, 2005

Immediately.

Mark 1:9-13, And it came about in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; and a voice came out of the heavens: "Thou art My beloved Son, in Thee I am well-pleased." And immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness. And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

One of my teachers noted that Mark, being the youngest Apostle, had this tremendous excitement in his gospel, expressed by the word “immediately” being used repeatedly, almost forty times. Of course, the gospel is about more than just getting people excited, but what might we accomplish with this kind of enthusiasm? What better application of the word enthusiasm, which comes from “to be inspired, en- + theos, of God,” to be breathed upon by Him who came to baptize us with the Holy Spirit?

"Breathe on us breath of God," let us set forth our sails in the wind of Your Holy Spirit!

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