HONOUR IS AN ATTITUDE

‘Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house’.- Mark 6:1-6:


LIGHT FOR THE NOW:The anointing you don’t respect cannot add value to you.


The kinsmen and town-men of Jesus communized the anointing of Jesus Christ. They refused to recognize Him as their Messiah and thus disdained His authority. Consequently, Christ did not do mighty works in His home town because of their lack of respect. Jesus referred to their attitude as unbelief. This text is an instruction for all the believers today. The anointing you don’t respect can never add value to you. Christ accomplished so much in other places because they placed Him on high regard or high esteem.

We must note that it was not a case of lack of power on the part of Jesus, rather, it was the negative attitude of the people.Christ was ready to release what He carried. The problem was the attitude of the people. The attitude of the people towards Christ stopped the gift from flowing to them. Hence, He could not do mighty works. Thus, the unbelief here is referred to as dishonor, lack of respect that they displayed on Jesus. If the house be worthy, let my peace come upon it … but whosoever does not hear your word, shake off the dust of your feet (Mark 10:11-14). This was Christ’s instructionto the men that He sent to the people. When Christ sends His anointed Son to you, your attitude matters a lot. Welcome him, honour him and receive him. The word ‘peace’ is referred to as ‘blessing’. Any time God send His man to you, that man carries all that it takes to settle your situation. Your situation has no authority to resist him. This is why some church people get poorer and poorer; this is because these ones donot honor men sent by God to them. Once you don’t respect them, the consequences are there as clearly spelt out by Christ in the above scripture.

The woman with the issue of blood did not want Jesus’ prayer. She healed herself through her respect for Jesus. When she established a point of contact with Christ, she received the healing. He who receives one sent by Christ, receives Christ Himself(Matthew 10:40-42). And this one receives God Himself. He who receives a prophet will have a prophet’s reward and will in no wise lose his reward. A dishonour to God’s son is a dishonor to His son. We have to receive in the name of the Lord – and this is an authority.

INSTRUCTION: You are under a command to believe the love of Christ.

PRAYER: Lord, imbue in me, honour for those in authority, in Jesus Name.

QUOTE:A king is not by age but by office.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4; EVENING: ISAIAH CHAPTER 42