Mark 6:1-6 Jesus Rejected

In these versus we see that Jesus' ministry was hampered by unbelief, probably due to skepticism of the people. Here Jesus is, going back to his home town... people there were amazed at his teachings, but his family lived there.  Jesus' sisters were living there, and they knew his brothers ... they said "He's just a carpenter, the son of Mary".

Scripture tells us that because of their unbelief, Jesus couldn't do any 'mighty miracles' (vs5).   This is not like the the previous verses were we looked at Jesus healing a woman from bleeding, or raising someone from the dead. It's amazing how faith is essential for God to work in our lives.

In this scripture, Jesus says "A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family."   Even Jesus had family issues.   People couldn't come to grips of "Jesus the carpenters son" to .. "Jesus the Messiah".   Jesus was amazed at their unbelief.

Are there times when people you know can't comes to grip with how you changed your life?   Or do some people have trouble believing that you have truly changed?   Not easy especially when they're your family eh?

In the broader strokes of society we have many people, who won't believe that Jesus even existed ... despite all the historical evidence to the contrary.

The good news is that Jesus is alive, that Jesus continues to want to work in our lives, but it comes down to faith doesn't it?   Where do we put our faith in?  In ourselves? In this world?  Or are we willing to give Jesus the chance to do some 'Mighty miracles' in our life?   Do we go for the ordinary? Or the extraordinary?  Our choice.