Good morning, and a blessed Thursday to you all. Sorry about missing yesterday, I had a 5AM call-out to a house fire. It took a while to put the fire out. Jesus protected everyone and we were able to all go home.
In Mark 5, Jesus
cast the demon called legion out of a man. This story is very
interesting because everything about this story is unclean. The man
was in a graveyard, surrounded by death. There was a pig farm nearby.
And there was a whole host of unclean spirits. There is nothing in
this story that would entice a Jew of those times to even step foot
on the shores of that land.
Jesus made a special
trip there. He knew exactly what He was doing. But the end of the
story, when Jesus leaves, caught my attention.
Mark 5:18-20
As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demonized
begged him to be allowed to go with him. But Jesus would not permit
it. Instead, he said to him, “Go home to your people, and tell them
how much Adonai in his mercy has done for you.” He went off and
began proclaiming in the Ten Towns how much Yeshua had done for him,
and everyone was amazed.
Here is a man, that
saw his only hope leaving. He was afraid that the demons would
return, that his sanity would only remain if he was with Jesus. I
have no doubt that this man would have been by Jesus's side to the
cross. Jesus saw this, but instead told him to tell others of what He
did. And the man was obedient. People heard the news.
Even though the man
was scared to let Jesus out of his sight, he had faith in Jesus. I
have no doubt that he knew exactly who Jesus was. Who else could have
driven such a powerful group of demons away?
Like this man, we
need to live by faith, even if we don't see Jesus around us, even
though we fear. It is easier said than done, but through Him we can
always have the strength to obey. Always.
-a brother in Jesus
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