John 4:43-45 HIS OWN COUNTRY. His parents? Sure, we know them, here’s where they and the family reside – Way back their fore-bearers came from Judah And moved up here to Napthali. There was a strange scandal that happened around thirty years ago At the time of the census and taxing It was over two years before they came back home, People have been talking and asking Where they were and why they were gone so long.
They came back with a small boy – a young son He was unreal in almost every way. His work and words were so perfect It was like God came here to Nazareth to stay. His brothers and sisters are here But His holiness is hard for us to take He does miracles in towns all around us But folks here kind of think it is fake.
We don’t like Jesus much around here It is not because of any wrong He has done; But wherever He is, people compare The rest of us with God’s holy Son. He has upped the standard so high It is impossible for the rest of us to reach it, Unless we were some way born again And by His holiness we are made fit.
“Father in heaven, when the Lord Jesus was here on earth and spent most of His time around home, I wonder how He handled it. Was He considered by the people of Nazareth just one of the boys? Did His uniqueness and holiness make Him stand out in stark contrast to the other young people? When He worked, was everything He made so perfect that it kept Him busier than He wanted to be? I know that whatever He did, He pleased Thee in everything. I am in my hometown. I pray that I will be able to please Thee here today. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”