I am a Jesus pusher!!! When Jesus came to Nazareth to minister, they viewed Him as Joseph’s son (Luke 4:22). In their Old Testament framework, they wanted Him to do the same miracles among them He did in Capernaum. They thought in terms of the Old Testament self-sourcing. How could a carpenter’s son source any miracle? He would have to prove it to them. The marvelous factor was not based in Jesus’ heritage; it was based upon His source. In the synagogue, Jesus read from the Book of Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me,” (Luke 4:18). Everything Jesus did was sourced by the Spirit of God. Being Joseph’s son did not source His activities.
As this passage unfolds the crowd from Nazareth was irritated to the degree they attempted to kill Him. If Jesus was sourced by the Spirit of the Lord should they not embrace Him as well? Was this the New Covenant beginning in Jesus? Could we also experience such a sourcing in our personal lives? Sign-seeking demands an individual prove who He is by His own resource. The New Covenant is an entirely different approach. If one is sourced by the Spirit, the power of the sourcing cannot be used as he desires. The sourced individual is not in charge but an instrument of the Spirit. If Nazareth truly wanted the movement of God, they would embrace Jesus who was sourced by the Spirit of God. The Spirit would reveal Jesus to them. I am embracing Jesus and the Spirit of God is marvelously revealing Jesus to me (John 15:26; 16:15). This is why I am a Jesus pusher!!!