Pastor Bob's Wednesday Devotion: "The Blessing"

Have you received "The Blessing"?

When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Mark records that a voice came out of the heavens:

"You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased."

Mark 1:11

God the Father let God the Son know that He had His blessing.

Last Sunday we did not hear a voice from heaven, but we did witness 7 believers being baptized in "God's pool."

Oceanside is a lot different from the Jordan River, but you can bet that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit up above were smiling and saying to each other, "We love those 7 children, and we are well-pleased with them."

If you have received & proclaimed Christ as your Savior, you are one of God's children, and He has given The Blessing to you too. The Heavenly Father loves you and is well-pleased with you!

Have you shared "The Blessing"?

Just as God the Father spoke His approval for His Son from heaven, fathers & mothers need to verbalize their approval to their kids.

They need to hear from us that we love them and we are well-pleased with them.

My challenge to you is to follow the example of how our Heavenly Father blessed His Son...pass "The Blessing" on to your kids.

Let me know how enjoying "The Blessing" changes your week and how sharing it with your children changes theirs.

"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."

2 Corinthians 5:21