Due to preparation for Hurricane Floyd, this week's devotional is an encore. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. And they took offense at him.
Lets look at the above passage.
Jesus is in his hometown teaching in the synagogue. The townspeople whom He grew up with were listening and were amazed. The evil one wants us to live in our past. He wants to remind us of all the excess baggage we are carrying around. God, on the other hand, wants us to repent and ask forgiveness for our past, and then God forgets and looks forward.