4.24- Liberated by Jesus
4.24-
Liberated
by Jesus Mark
5:1-20 Arthur
Jackson
“I lived with my mother so long that she
moved out!” Those were the words of KC, whose life before sobriety and
surrender to Jesus was not pretty. He candidly admits supporting his drug habit
by stealing – even from loved ones. That life is behind him now and he
rehearses this by noting the years, months, and days he’s been clean. When KC
and I regularly sit down to study God’s Word together, I’m looking at a changed
man.
Mark 5:15 speaks of a former demon
possessed individual who had also been changed. Prior to his healing, helpless, hopeless, homeless, and desperate are
words that fit the man (verses 3-5). But all of that changed after Jesus
liberated him (verse 13). But, as with KC, his life before Jesus was far from
normal. His internal turmoil that he expressed externally is unlike what people
experience today. Some hurting people dwell in abandoned buildings, vehicles or
other places; some live in their own homes but are emotionally alone. Invisible
chains shackle hearts and minds to the point that they distance themselves from
others.
In Jesus, we have the One who can be
trusted with our pain and the shame of the past and present. And, as with
Legion and KC, He waits with open arms of mercy for all who run to Him today
(verse 19).
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