The instruction above was spoken by Jesus to a man that had
just been healed by the Savior. This man had been plagued for a long time with
a demon that was wrecking his life. Jesus commanded the evil spirit to release
the man…and the demon did, obeying the words of the Lord...clear evidence that
even the evil spirits in this world are called to the carper by our Lord! While
this man begged to go along with Jesus, he was instructed to return to his home
and spread the news about how his life had been transformed. Imagine the scene
in this town…a man that most people likely knew as one messed-up, crazy, and
deranged person was now normal! It must have knocked the socks off of those
that witnessed this “new” man…yesterday he was all kinds of messed up…and today
he is fine…healed, clean, renewed! This man was a genuine walking testament to
the incredible healing power of our Lord! What a shame it would have been for
this man to remain a recluse…what a shame if he had chosen to keep this
miraculous transformation to himself or somehow masked the fact that is was THE
Savior Jesus Christ that had restored his life! While we may not have a story
as bold or life-changing as this in our own lives, we all still stand as
testaments to God’s merciful and loving work in our lives. Whether our story is
astounding and life-changing or simple and ordinary, anytime we can tell
someone about how God has worked in our lives, we are shining a glorifying light
on the Lord. We are opening the door for others to look to the Lord…we are
inviting others to see the Savior as their guiding light, their motivation,
their reason for living! I pray that when we witness God at work in our lives,
we may mirror the ways of this healed man, telling the world about how much the
Lord has done for us…bringing glory to the one true Savior! To God be the
glory!
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