From Time To Time

From time to time I will be inviting guest bloggers to share with you. Last week, as I was listening to our Pastor preach the first sermon in a series on the book of Mark I couldn't help but think about the ways he was connecting dots for me. Not specifically about finding Christ's presence in joy and sorrow but rather seeing Jesus, the Son of God, as Israel"s long awaited Messiah. Pastor Daryle Worley, Senior Pastor of Grace Church of DuPage, superbly explains God's unfolding plan through the pages of the Old Testament that Messiah would come and this is how they would know and believe.


You could be asking, how does this relate to finding Christ's presences in joy and sorrow? Seeing and believing has everything to do with suffering. Christ is no stranger to suffering. He suffered at the hands of man in the most brutal way known to man. Can He not relate to our suffering? Has he not walked the path of suffering before us? Was it not the joy set before him? Is it not our joy, too?


Dear reader, if you have never pondered who Christ is and his sacrifice for your sin, I would encourage you to begin this journey through the book of Mark. Pray that God would open the eyes of your heart to receive Him. Jesus said to him, " I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6.