And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. Mark 1:10 – Maybe you noticed this while reading the chapter, but we find a word repeated often in this chapter and is used more than 40 times in the short Gospel of Mark. “Immediately.” Immediately he saw, immediately the Spirit drove him, immediately they left their nets to follow Jesus. What is being implied here with the continued use of this word is that Jesus wasn’t procrastinating in the serving the Father how He was called to. You can tell from this chapter Mark is trying to summarize massive pieces of Jesus’ ministry years in short sections, just trying to capture as much of the work that Jesus was doing for He was doing so much. With Mark not being an eyewitness himself to all this, we know that the Apostle Peter was the one supplying the details to Mark to write down, and Peter would have certainly remembered the pace of Jesus in these times. Jesus had a role to fulfill, and He wasn’t going to delay. For us, how often is “Immediately” the posture we take with the calling God has for us to fulfill? Do we set aside anything to fulfill our God given purpose or can anything delay us in fulfilling it? Do we wait to love? Do we delay in showing forgiveness? Are we holding off from sharing the Gospel? The reality is much of the work God has called us to do can naturally feel like something we can delay on accomplishing, but delaying isn’t the example Jesus set for us. Immediately is the example we have. Don’t wait to share, don’t wait to forgive, don’t wait to show grace. If you can follow Jesus’ words now, do it now. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3092
Question To Ponder: What might a result be of delaying in what God has called you to do?
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