“Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day. There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority” (Luke 4:31-32 NLT).
The people in the town of Capernaum embraced the ministry of Jesus. So, he made this fishing and marketplace crossroads, located on the northern end of the Sea of Galilee, his base of operations. The ruins of the synagogue in Capernaum still remain to this day, a testimony to the Word of Jesus which went out from there, and across the world. Those who heard His teaching were “amazed,” or as literally stated in the Greek, “thunderstruck.” Today, we might say, “blown away.”
There are still people groups and cities today that are ready to receive the Word of Christ and be amazed by it. All that is needed is for someone to go in the authority of Christ and make that city the focus of their ministry (Matt. 28:18-20).
Or perhaps, we might find that we’re already in the city to which we’ve been called. Does every man, woman, and child in the city know the Good News about Jesus? If we as ambassadors of Jesus have come, then Jesus has come to that town. For Jesus lives in us!
PRAYER: Dear Father, we each have been called to our own Capernaum. Strengthen us to proclaim Your Word to the city to which we’ve been sent. Go before us opening blind eyes and softening hardened hearts that they might be receptive to the gospel. In Jesus’ name, amen.