The Season of Epiphany - January

Luke 8:22-25 (NRSV)
22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out, 23 and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. 24 They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”

Acts 13:20b-26; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22; John 1:29-34
Baptism tells us we are children of God. At our baptism the Holy Spirit begins the work of prevenient Grace that calls us and leads us to know God and His love that was sent in Jesus Christ. It is through the work of Justifying grace that we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and learn to live with and for Him. Our baptism is just the beginning of knowing more fully our purpose. As we live in obedience to God’s Will, our hearts and minds become focused solely on Jesus and all He taught by His words and example. Grace is revealed in our lives through obedience to the Will of God. Jesus was revealed to himself, John and others who were around him at his baptism. The revelation that we are God’s children at our baptism leads us to know who Jesus is.