36 days to Meet Jesus: Day 1

Well, I'm back blog readers... I think that at least 3 people used to read these things.

I'm starting a new mission. This one involves the teens from our church. We started yesterday with a 36 day "devotional" to get to know Jesus better.

The idea came to me when I was thinking about how we all know some things about Jesus. We have heard stories of some miracles. We have heard about the crucifixion and the resurrection. But how many of us truly know the Jesus of the Bible.

So, our youth ministry is taking 36 days to read through Mark. Each day there are 10-25 verses and 1 question to answer.

I'm going to be keeping up online as well as in the booklet.

Mark 1:1-13

What can I learn from John the Baptist today?

John the Baptist has always been a favorite Bible character of mine. He is kind of the first ever "pastor" in the Bible.

Here in Mark, we see him getting really popular. It says "the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him." He is really, really popular.

Everybody is coming to listen to John. Everybody wants to experience his ministry. God is working through John the Baptist. It's awesome.

And the whole time, what is John doing? He is pointing to Jesus. He is talking about someone else. He is saying "there is One more powerful than I... the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie."

His humility is amazing. I know for me... if every teenager in the Claymont/North Wilmington area came to my youth group to listen to me and wanted to witness my ministry, I would think I was pretty awesome.

I would be writing books and leading seminars on how to be as good of a pastor as I am. I don't think I would have the humility to point teens to Jesus.

This is something I am still learning and must continue to improve. Humility is a weakness for me. (Just ask my wife)

I need to have the same humility as John. I need to point teens to Jesus and not point teens to Brent.