And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met
Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit…. (Mark 5:2 )
There has never been anyone like
Jesus. He stands unique—astride over
history and eternity—being wholly God and fully man. There has never been a time that He was not
and never a time that He will not be, yet, He had a birth and death in this
world. God became flesh and revealed His
glory to us in the thirty-three years that Christ walked the shores of Galilee
and the streets of Jerusalem
There was a man who met Jesus as
the Master over demons (v.1-20). Here
was a tortured soul—a man possessed by a legion of demons. A legion of Roman soldiers could contain six
thousand men! This fellow was in a
horrible state, banished to a life in a cemetery, uncontrollable,
self-destructive, and naked. We do not know how he gave himself to such evil,
but somehow he opened the door to his heart and these malignant spirits invaded
and took over. Everything was about to
change as he met the Master. No
demon—not a legion of them—could resist the authority of Christ! He commands them to come out, and they
must. This man would never be the
same. Jesus still sets souls free
today. The dark forces that can bind us
tremble before Him and flee.
There was a woman who met the
Jesus as the Master over disease (v.24-34).
Wherever Jesus went, He was engulfed by masses of people. They were drawn to Him in their need for they
knew He had power like no other to meet those needs. They hung on His every word for they knew
that He spoke like no other with wisdom from heaven above. There was a woman—plagued by a persistent
loss of blood, with its physical impact and social stigma—that believed if she
could just get close enough to touch the hem of His robe, she would be
healed. Somehow, in her weakened state,
and despite the wall of humanity in her way, she reached out and her faith
tapped into Almighty power conquering her disease. Jesus still can heal the sick today. Nothing is too hard for Him!
There was a family who met Jesus
as the Master over death (v.21-23; 35-43).
Jairus, a ruler of the local synagogue, sought Him, desperate for his
little daughter who was dying. In fact,
before Jesus arrives at the home, the young girl dies. The sounds of grief greet Jesus and the
disciples as they walk up to the house.
“It’s too late!” they say. That
might be true for somebody else, but Jesus was not just somebody else! Jesus broke up every funeral that He
attended. He restores breath to the girl
and in the process takes the breath away from all those who were there! The power of death had to yield to the Lord
of Life!
Have you met the Master? I have—and it is always life changing! You can meet Him today. I promise you will never be the same.
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