Ministry requires a personal encounter, and somehow Jesus got off the boat right next to the cemetery where he encountered a man in a most desperate situation. Having once lived in the town, his mental state had driven him to a solitary life of self mutilation, homelessness, and violence. No one would go near him. They had tried unsuccessfully to bind him. He was naked. Somehow Jesus found him, or he found Jesus, or both. He called out to Jesus. Jesus drove away the demons; the man was healed, “sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind.”
I believe it was not by accident that Jesus’ travels led right to this man. He was not unlike people in our city today, lonely and tormented, self destructive. Yet in his encounter with Jesus, he was restored to health. He wanted to stay with Jesus, but Jesus told him simply, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.”
Matthew 8, Mark 5, Luke 8
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