I thought this was a worthwhile reminder on this day of celebrating Dr. King's birthday. Praying for you! LGLO, Pastor Peter
"The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” John 1:43-46
Nathaniel dismissed that Jesus might be the Messiah. Shouldn’t he have come from a prominent family? Shouldn’t he have been from a significant hometown? Could anything good come from Nazereth? Philip responded, “Come and see.”
In 1929, a boy was born on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a pastor’s son from an inner-city neighborhood. “Can anything good come from there?” Come and see. Auburn Avenue gave us Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the great leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He hoped for the “beloved community,” a renewed world celebrating human worth and dignity. His dream of a new way influenced life in the United States and around the world.
What about us? Can anything good come from our lives? Yes, because Jesus still shows up in our humble surroundings, calling us to follow him. “Everybody can be great,” King said, “because everybody can serve.” Chip Reeves
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