ACTION JACKSON MARK

  My reading plan has taken me to Matthew 3, Luke 3, and Mark 1 to intro the ministries of John the Baptizer, Jesus' baptism, and Jesus' ministry.  Mark took a lot of his information from Simon Peter whom he followed during his ministry.  He will minister to Paul later in Acts and his imprisonments. He was a cousin of Barnabas who ministered with Paul also.  Mark's message was to show that Jesus, the Messiah and Son of God was the Suffering Servant with the good news of the gospel.  Mark is thought to be the earliest writing.  He wrote during the years that Nero was "fiddling" and burning Christians in Rome in the 60's A. D.  Action Jackson was an action hero figure toy years ago, and when I think of Mark, I think of him as "Action Jackson Mark"  fast-paced and moving to get his message across to a Gentile audience. 

I grabbed a wonderful and encouraging sentence from Mark 1:35 about our Lord, "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed."  Jesus had been at the home of Simon Peter  and Andrew along with James and John.  Other gospel writers will record the same practice of the Lord Jesus many times during His three year ministry.  No explanation or reminders are necessary for me.  I know if this was a habit, a need for the God-Man Jesus, this human and frail sinful child of God, me, needs to desperately emulate for her spirit, soul, and body to function spiritually and healthfully in this evil-crazed and confused culture.  I participate in prayer so that God's will in Heaven will be done in and on this earth.  May we, each, be found faithful in this blessed practice.   Forever learning!  In process.  #IHAVETHREESONS.