Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his work.”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, January 11, 2021
by Dr. Kimberly Leetch, Clergy Stuff
Where we come from can say a lot about who we are. My mom is big into the study of her genealogy. It’s interesting to hear her findings. We are descendants of Pocahontas’ sister. We have family related to her late father whom she never met as he died in the war. We are a mixture of many European cultures, but I am primarily from the Slovak side of Czechoslovakia. My kids are also related to Davy Crockett on my husband’s side. All of these give me glimpses into who I am because I have information about who came before me.
This genealogy of Jesus connects Jesus to many of God’s chosen including King David (an important figure in the history and future of Israel), Ruth (the Moabite wife of Boaz), Abraham (with whom God made the covenant that included all of Israel), and Adam (presumably the first human on earth). This interconnectedness helps us to see that the people whom Jesus came to save (us and all of God’s children) are also connected by the very nature of being human. While Jesus could trace his roots all the way back, we too, can understand ourselves to be connected to all human beings because we have all been created by a parent, God.
God, you connect me with you, through the person of Jesus. Amen.
