And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
Mark 5:19
One man, healed by Jesus, in his right mind, freed from the control of a thousand hate-filled demons wanted simply to follow his new Savior. Freed, he longed to follow. He had the heart of a grateful disciple. But Jesus knew that this transformed man had a deeper purpose than to sit at his Rabbi’s feet. He was destined to go throughout the Decapolis… sent by Jesus with a simple solo, but powerful message: Jesus was his merciful deliverer.
Many times I wish to dig into “deeper things” I want to learn and theologize and treasure what I can know about Jesus. That isn’t bad. But then life experiences are used to focus me. Jesus makes it clear to only learn without declaring how He has saved and kept me is really an incomplete longing on my part. Both are important. And so I realize that Christians must accept that the story of what the Lord has done (good circumstances and difficulties alike) and what the Lord is doing are the mercies we should gladly accept and proclaim.
Believers in Jesus should never complain about their life circumstances. We should accept them, embrace them as precious story where grace will be known. We love our personal gospel stories. We proclaim the mercy of our wonderful God in a unique place when we do.
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