Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.”
NL Daily Devotion for Tuesday, January 25, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Jesus gives the Spirit without measure. Ooh, I do so love that. John baptized with water, but something different happened when Jesus got involved. Something different always happens when Jesus gets involved. The waters of baptism become more than water. The Holy Spirit is poured out for all of us, leading, inspiring, teaching, exhorting, empowering. John made it clear that Jesus was no ordinary prophet or teacher, but the one God sent, who speaks God’s word and gives us the Spirit.
Jesus works in and through all of us now. So doesn’t that mean that we are to speak God’s words of love and justice, and share the Holy Spirit with the world? Not as if we, ourselves, were Jesus, of course. But in all humility, and pointing to the one who is the true source, we too can lead, inspire, teach, exhort and empower through the Holy Spirit. How cool is that?
What does it mean to me that Jesus “gives the Spirit without measure?” What does that look like in my life?