When Satan so controls your life that you are reduced to living in the graveyard, your life is not sweet! In fact, it is horrible! Not only that, you have become so powerful in your bondage that not even human chains can restrain you! You are a threat to society. Along comes Jesus. You get set free. Pigs die...now you are a new kind of threat. Did you notice that?
When you have an embarrassing illness, you remove yourself from others. You think, "if anyone knew what was true of me, they would reject me." It has been years of seeking help, but no one has been able to help you. Along comes Jesus. He doesn't touch you, YOU touch him! You are instantly healed. Everything is changed.
You have a desperate situation with someone you love. You can't imagine life without this person. In fact, this person is your life. You would do anything so they can live, but they are about to die. You reach out to Jesus. He hears your cry. The one you love is totally healed. You now have a different love in your life. It is Jesus.
Three amazing stories. One amazing God. His name is Jesus and He is still writing His story on every life!
that is a beautiful synopsis of the three narratives we find in our reading today.
ReplyDeleteone of the men in my BASIC group pointed out that the demonaic's healing cost some farmers their swine. they didn't take too kindly to this exchange rate.
would we voluntarily offer our possessions, comforts, peace of mind, energies and time if it meant another could be healed?
would we give up that others could get?