About that time, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River.

While he was coming up out of the water, Jesus saw heaven splitting open and the Spirit, like a dove, coming down on him. 

And there was a voice from heaven: 

"You are my Son, 

whom I dearly love; 

in you I find happiness."

Mark 1:9-11 CEB

I wonder what it would have been like for the people who were there - what did they see?

Did they hear God speak?

Or was this some kind of special communion that no one even knew happened - except Jesus?

I wonder if Jesus in his humanity, in some way, just like us, needed to hear the acceptance and love of the Father.

"You are my Son, 

whom I dearly love; 

in you I find happiness."

This last word translated here as "happiness" is "eudokeo"

Pronunciation: yoo-dok-eh'-o

Definition: To be well pleased, to take delight, to approve.

This message to Jesus is recorded here to let us in to the intimate loving communication between the Father and Jesus.

And as adopted children, chosen and brought into this relationship, the Father's words are for us too:

I love you.

I delight in you.

You are enough.

Jesus got to stand in the truth of the Father's love for him, to walk in it, to walk towards and through all that he had to face knowing this to be true.

And we get to too.

#gospel

#gospelofMark

#GoodNews

#weareBeloved

#weareaccepted