I've been reading a book by Ken Gire called, "Intimate Moments With the Savior" and it has been wonderful. Today I read the chapter on the story, from Mark 5, of the man who was possessed by legions of demons. When he saw Jesus he ran to Him and fell on his knees in front of Him. The demons recognized Jesus as the Most High God. Then Jesus cast the demons into a nearby herd of pigs and the man was healed.
I hadn't noticed before, but this passage comes right after the story in Mark where Jesus calms the storm (Mk 4:35-41). The part in Ken Gire's meditation today that caught my attention was when he wrote:
Life for this man changed when a storm blew Jesus his way.
I'd never noticed or thought of that before...but it's true. Jesus encountered the demon-possessed man right after He calmed the storm.
Our lives have storms too. Often it is in these storms that all the unnecessary and inconsequential things get stripped away...and we begin to see what's real and what truly matters! Our lives will be changed too as we see Jesus in the storms of our lives. The interesting thing is that He is always there...He doesn't just appear after being somewhere else...Somehow, for us, the storms don't just bring Jesus to us, but rather they open our eyes to see that He was there the whole time.
Oh that we would have eyes to see Him with us always...eyes of faith.
He Himself has said, "I will never desert you nor will I ever forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5)
Let's believe Him today.
Let's believe HIM!
MR
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