15 January 2019
HAVE YOU COME TO DESTROY US? (Mark 1:21-28)
In this opening chapter of Mark there is an immediate assertion of
the authority of God, revealed in Jesus.
There is no wholesale Elijah-like judgement and destruction of his
enemies, but here is an authoritative healing of one person which sends ripples
throughout the district. “Here is a
teaching that is new and with authority behind it.” People long for an authority which will
relieve their aching needs. Today there are frustrated undirected protests in
Zimbabwe. No one knows where to
turn. Is it possible to find that inner
authority, the gift of Jesus, which opens the way for us in every area of our
life? It is clear that God does not
intervene with wholesale solutions. He respects
and loves each one of us and wants to heal us, one heart at a time. Then the ripples will go out and touch all.
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