Today's Bible reading is the 8th chapter of the Book of Luke. You can read it here at Bible Gateway:http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8&version=NASB

God is the author of family and family relationships. He graciously gives instructions to husbands, to wives, to children and to parents for the purpose of fulfilling those roles before God in a Christ honoring manner. We read in Luke 2 that Jesus continued in subjection to His parents while He was growing up in Nazareth. But God is also the author of fellowship amongst the family of believers. In today's passage we find Jesus' mother and brothers unable to get in to see Him because of a large crowd. When He is told that His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to see Him, He replied that His mother and brothers "are these who hear the word of God and do it." He was not lessening the importance of His earthly family but demonstrating the special relationship that exists between believers. We are the children of God. We are, as the word teaches, members of the Body of Christ and members, one of another. Paul encouraged Timothy to consider the older men in the church as fathers, the older women as mothers, the younger women as sisters and the younger men as brothers. We ought to be thankful for the many "family members" we have in Christ. They are often some of the closest relationships we have in this life. A common faith, strengthened by a like mindedness of doctrine and fellowship in ministry can make for a bond that is stronger than flesh and blood.