Mark 6:3-4 Labels

Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.” 

Observation

Jesus was already making a name for Himself in the communities surrounding Nazareth. It is reasonable to believe that by the time Jesus teaches at the synagogue in Nazareth that many had already heard of the many miracles He had performed. 

Jesus, taught the same as He had done in other towns. His intent the same, to bind up broken hearts and set captives free, yet something was amiss. The townspeople of Nazareth couldn't see past the young boy who had grown up in the town; they couldn't see past the labels they had placed on Him. The townspeople had placed God in a box and hardened their hearts and minds against anything that threatened their definition of who Jesus is.

Application 

I am no different than the townspeople. I have thought some too far gone to be used and changed by God. I have thought myself too far gone. There are times when I doubted God would intervene. But the more I know of God the more I realize how little I know of Him. He is truly indescribable by man. And His Spirit lives in me, which makes me indescribable. God sees more in me than I or others see. 

Prayer

Daddy, thank You for loving me perfectly; for seeing and calling out more in me than I can see and call out in myself.