Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.
Mark 6:4-6
Jesus makes this statement in his own hometown. People who heard of his work were asking “Who is the guy? Isn’t he one of us? Don’t we know his family?” They couldn’t think of him differently than what he was or was from. They couldn’t focus on what he is.
There are times when we know things too well. When I was consulting I called it “the curse of knowledge” (stole that from a book, I think). People become too close to a situation to be able to see what is really happening or to even explain it. They are too used to it.
In what ways do we hold things back by seeing them as they were? Is there a person you have pigeon-holed into what they used to be? Or an organization that you can’t see how it’s different than it used to be? How can you adapt to see what it has become?
Be God’s — every day.