At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."
The whole time Jesus is on earth, the relationship between Him and His Father in Heaven is very very special. They were so close and Jesus would always get away to spend time with His Dad in prayer. In one of our first meetings with Jesus as an adult in the book of Mark, God puts His stamp of approval on Jesus' life. I love what happens here- there is a parent child dynamic very evident in this verse. God is a father and He had to let His kid leave Home and go on His adventure to fix the broken earth. Jesus is a son who had left His Father's Home to do things for His Dad on the earth. It makes me think how obvious it is that we need our parents' approval and affirmation for our lives.
Even Jesus needed His Dad's approval before He was launched out into the wild to fulfill His earthly mission, and it is very valid that we need a blessing from our parents to live our lives and be free to be the adults (kids) we need to be. Maybe you have parents who have blessed you with a mark of love and approval, continually building you up and encouraging you to be all that you can be. Or maybe, (this breaks my heart) you are constantly trying to win your parents' approval and you find yourself continually falling short of them being happy with you. And you are exhausted.
When you became a child of God, you and Jesus are one, and His Father became your Father. You have been approved.
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