the very first encounter that I want to draw your attention to is in verse 21 mark chapter 1 verse 21 it says that he and the disciples they went into Capernaum and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and began to teach listen to that again they entered into Capernaum and immediately somebody say immediately on the Sabbath he walks into the synagogue and on the spot without time to prepare he starts teaching now I want you to get the picture here the synagogue is filled not only with people that have come out of religious
duty to hear and to receive it is also filled with learned men scholars of the law people that have studied this for a living scribes and Pharisees and scholars he was put on the spot in the midst of people that humanly speaking would have been above him more well worse than him more well studied than him this newcomer comes out of nowhere and he begins to teach the people who are gathered he didn't have time to prepare he didn't have time to study he didn't have time to get a seminary degree he just showed up
and filled the need at hand Jesus demonstrates to us that in order for us to be able to point a sign clearly to people what we need is the exact same thing that Jesus had on this occasion we need supernatural ability to be married to our natural ability we can't just come in in our own skill and in our own power and think that we can fill the needs that are presented to us we like Jesus when we're in a position where we're in over our heads where we are very clearly outmatched where there are
people that are around us that are more skilled and are more talented we need what Jesus had we need to be able to walk into that scenario in full confidence that if my God has sent me he will also equip me for the task at hand Jesus is to put on the spot immediately he rises up to the occasion I want to tell somebody today who is in over your head you're on your job you've just been promoted you know that they know that you know you are not skilled enough for that promotion that you
just got you feel feel like a duck out of water you feel like a deer caught in headlights you have no idea how you're gonna be ending your way through this thing you're just faking it til you make it I've got good news for you what the Holy Spirit does for you is the exact same thing that God's Spirit did for Jesus Christ on this occasion he gives us competence ability that comes supernaturally from the Father so that we can handle the tasks that are at hand I want to tell you that when Jesus found
himself in this scenario where he was sort of in over his head humanly speaking what we do not see him doing is shirking back in fear and insecurity hoping that somebody else will fill the need at hand because he does not feel incapable and if there's one way that the enemy seeks to take advantage of his daughters it is to cause you to think that you are not enough that you are not capable enough that that need that you see that needs to be filled it better be filled by somebody else because you're not talented
enough you don't have enough time you don't have enough patience you don't have enough energy but the example of Jesus shows us that the glory of God has best seen through our lives y'all when we step confidently into scenarios where we know upfront we don't have enough but we're trusting fully in our God to equip us for the task that is at hand if we only ever do what we and our own natural ability are capable of doing how does that display God's glory that displays yours God's glory is displayed the supernatural is seen through
our lives where we are in positions that are beyond us and we get to watch the Holy Spirit help us rise to the occasion
