Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

The Scribes and Pharisees had elevated themselves into such a position whereby they were rejecting God’s teachings in favour of their own!

“Shocking!” you may say, but how many of us do exactly that every day by saying what we say is right and not allowing God’s Word to show us the correct and righteous way!

They refused to be baptised because that would mean they would have to follow God’s ways. Our baptism should be the outward sign of the inner willingness to follow God!

Proverbs 1:25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

God calls us forward to be Christians, to be His flock, to be Children of God; we have the choice as to whether we listen to Him or we reject Him!

Far too often people simply ignore Christ and His teachings because it makes life a little simpler to handle. It is not the easy times in our lives which are going to shape us, but what we do in the tough times!

God will try and steer us in the right direction when we go off track. We probably will not like it because it means change in our lives; but He is trying to do a good thing!

Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

We do only have one God. He is loving but just, merciful are fair. He is always ready and always willing. But, He does ask some things of us…

We need to open our mouths wide in prayer, praise and being ready to receive what He gives us back. The more we commune with Him, the more we are able to receive from His constant supply.

Being willing to live out our lives with Christ means being able to fill our lives with Him as well.