Prayer:
O Lord, our Lord, you are the Son of God!
We know your goodness. When we see this world as full of foolishness, teach us to see your goodness and grace spreading. When we are fearful of wickedness, illuminate the path of the righteousness. Be with, we pray, all those who are in need this day. Strengthen all your children with your goodness...In your almighty Name, we pray. Amen.
Mark 3:7-12
Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon. He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him; for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.
Reading from the Bible can be new each day! I don't remember the fear of Jesus and the disciples that the crowd might crush him. Maybe it is a heightened fear of physical distancing in this time. I haven't been in many crowded events in the past when the mentality turns to a fevered push, but it can certainly be terrifying. Mob mentality is a dangerous thing. Just going with the crowd can certainly be a bad thing. Critical thinking is necessary. The thing with this text, though, is that it was for Jesus! Someone super powerful and wonderful was among the people! I have to admit, it would be pretty hard to not be excited about the things he was doing, even at this early stage of the story. This is only the third chapter. They don't even know the half of it. We need to recover some of that excitement. Not in the sense of adrenaline junkies that run with the bulls, thriving on the fear. No, but wanting to be closer to Jesus spiritually and getting in touch with the God that silences the demons and all the forces of sin and darkness!
Reading from the Bible can be new each day! I don't remember the fear of Jesus and the disciples that the crowd might crush him. Maybe it is a heightened fear of physical distancing in this time. I haven't been in many crowded events in the past when the mentality turns to a fevered push, but it can certainly be terrifying. Mob mentality is a dangerous thing. Just going with the crowd can certainly be a bad thing. Critical thinking is necessary. The thing with this text, though, is that it was for Jesus! Someone super powerful and wonderful was among the people! I have to admit, it would be pretty hard to not be excited about the things he was doing, even at this early stage of the story. This is only the third chapter. They don't even know the half of it. We need to recover some of that excitement. Not in the sense of adrenaline junkies that run with the bulls, thriving on the fear. No, but wanting to be closer to Jesus spiritually and getting in touch with the God that silences the demons and all the forces of sin and darkness!
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