CCD Class #18

The Holy Spirit is our focus today as this Spirit comes down upon Jesus. Once the Holy Spirit has come upon the Lord Jesus, then the Lord Jesus begins His public ministry. It is the Spirit that drives Jesus into the desert and the Spirit that He gives to us when He dies. Jesus can bring light into our darkness if we let Him do that. It is important that we come to see how we deal with the darkness around us. What do we do when we feel conflict, when we are aware of our own brokenness, when we are tempted to things not good for us? Quite often we do nothing until we find ourselves with problems in our lives because of our actions! What do we do when others cause problems in our lives? What do we do when outside circumstances create difficulties for us? What do we do when we lose a job, when we don’t have enough money, when life seems impossible? Looking at how we respond to life tells us about our belief in a Savior. The life of Jesus changes from this point forward in a way that we can see. Jesus walks with God and begins to relate to others, proclaiming the Kingdom of God. May we come to rejoice in our own baptism and to know that we are changed. May we live our lives as people called by the Lord to proclaim His Kingdom. We can only do this if we are completely open to His help, to a complete conversion, to an awareness that nothing else in life really has meaning outside of the Kingdom. Let us walk in the light of the Lord! Yours in Prayer, David Caraway