While He was praying…

Posted by Brian Mann on Jul 4, 2009 in Blog | Comments Off

Is this not a striking verse:  “while He was praying, heaven was opened” (Luke 3:21)?  What happened when heaven was opened, while He was praying?  God the Father affirmed Jesus Christ as being the Son of God in whom He was well-pleased.

And such is the need for us every day, not that we are Jesus, but that we need the affirmation or assurance (a more common used term) that we are God’s children, and He is our God.

There is also instruction here as to the most appropriate thing to do when one is baptized, namely, to be praying.  Jesus gave us a grande example.  One which I believe we will do well to imitate daily and for those who will be baptized.  For from the moment of your beginning to walk with God to your last days, there is a great daily need, to know you are God’s child.  So, look to your God today, pray, and may heaven be opened and the voice of God come out of heaven saying, you are my child in Christ, and as I am pleased with His sacrifice, so I am pleased with you because of Him.

amen.