Let Him Take the Plunge, Already!!!!

Matthew 3:13-14, Amplified Bible
13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

14But John protested strenuously, having in mind to prevent Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?

Jesus was getting ready to take the plunge - not just into the water, but right down in the midst of our humanity. John made a presumptuous judgment regarding what he thought Jesus, as the Son of God, should and should not be doing. But in His baptism, Jesus was partaking in the human experience. Although he thought he was honoring Jesus, John was hindering Jesus in fulfilling His mission because of wrong thinking.


We put the same kind of limitations on Jesus today, when we fail to pray and ask Him to come and take the plunge into the midst of our humanity. He is not a God who far out there and detached when it comes to the affairs of our lives. Jesus Himself tells us in Matthew 10:30 that 'the very hairs of your head are all numbered" - is THAT a picture of a God who is disinterested in us? What's so important about the hairs of our heads that He would know that number?

Holy Spirit moment: As I typed that last question, He asked me a question:

Do you know how many hairs are on your head?


Um, no……


So that just goes to show you that I am aware of the minutest details of your life that you yourself do not even know. WOW.

He is not pointing out his 'hair-counting superiority' here. Do you see what He is saying to you just now? There are issues and details and situations in our lives of which we have no knowledge as of yet. There are things deep down on the inside of us and circumstances that have not yet been brought to light. Things that we cannot even pray about because we aren't even aware of them yet! But He knows of them already! He didn't say that some of our hairs are numbered. He said ALL. There is NOTHING about our lives that does not show up in His accounting!

Nugget: If He is so in tune to us that He knows the exact number of hairs on our head and the situations in our lives that have not yet been brought to light, then how much more is He aware of the concerns and situations that live in the forefront of our minds? The ones that we SHOULD be praying about but don't, because we don't think they are important enough issues that Jesus is really concerned about?

We hesitate to pray over things that are, in our estimation, not big enough of a deal to bother God about. How presumptuous is THAT! In my opinion, knowing the exact number of hairs on my head does not seem like an important statistic for the God of the universe to be tracking! I'm thinking that the global economic crisis and war in the Middle East are a couple of topics that He should be more concerned about! Obviously, He does not feel the same way. Either I'm wrong, or He's wrong…I'm guessing that maybe I'm the one that's wrong!

So stop protesting and having a mind to prevent Jesus from being Jesus in your life because of wrong thinking. Don't be afraid to talk to God about the things in your life that are troubling you! It's not like it will be a news flash to Him, since He knows it all already. Obviously, He cares enough about you to know the intimate details…so don't stop Him from taking the plunge right into the midst of your humanity!