READ: Luke 4:16-22
“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 (ESV)
Most things cannot be understood in their entirety. When you start to copy and do things that others are doing, you begin to grow in understanding. It is as you obey that you understand the reason why things are done in a certain way.
The first sermon of Jesus was from the teachings of Isaiah. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18).
People were so impressed with Jesus that they wondered at His gracious words. His gracious words were simply a copy of Isaiah’s message. I honestly struggle to understand why people want to be original when Jesus simply copied the message of Isaiah.
John the Baptist was also successful in ministry because he copied Isaiah’s message. John the Baptist had no desire to come up with an original message. It is amazing that you want to be an original.
Dear friend, begin to copy and imitate great servants of God. That is the way to surge forward and catch up. Stop the nonsense of trying to be an original. Remember that there is nothing new under the sun. That which has been is that which shall be!