Good Morning Friends,
"A large herd of pigs was feeding there on
the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave
them permission. When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs,
and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. When
those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in
the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. When
they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out,
sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. Those
who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.
Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them,
because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left." (Luke
8:32-37)
Jesus worked a miracle in the midst of the
people of this story. A man's life was totally changed. He was demon-possessed
and lived a crazed life in the wilderness and Jesus healed him. The demons were
gone, the man returned to his right mind. The man got his life back! How did
the people respond to what Jesus had done? They were afraid. They were so
filled with fear that they asked Jesus to leave their region!
The people couldn't understand what Jesus had
done and so they didn't want anything to do with Him. They weren't willing to
grapple with what the miracle meant or who Jesus was. They just wanted to
return to their lives undisturbed.
There are many people like that in our world. They've
seen and heard things about Jesus. But they are afraid. They don't want their
lives disturbed. They want to ignore Jesus, because to explore Him would mean
change. They like their lives as they are and turn away from Jesus.
What do they miss when they turn away from Jesus!
Change -- yes. Being disturbed -- yes. Being challenged -- yes. Jesus does all
of those things. Loving, saving, healing, and so much more, too.
His, by Grace, Steve
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