Two different stories that I have read this week have
stuck in my mind. Both deal with how
people responded to Jesus after a miracle had taken place and lives had been
touched. It has left me asking the
question: how do I respond to Jesus?
The first group of people were farmers, or herdsman
of pigs, and community people who saw Jesus cast demons out of a man, and the
demons asked to be put into a herd of pigs.
That is what happened, and the pigs ran off a cliff and died. The people didn’t know how to respond. Here is what the Bible said:
And the
crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.
Maybe they were scared of what they saw. Maybe the herdsman were furious about losing
their pigs. There could have been a
number of reasons for asking Jesus to leave them alone.
The second story is from the time Jesus was in the
boat with His disciples when a storm came up.
These Jesus’ following disciples thought they were going to die and
noticed that Jesus was asleep during this horrible storm. After waking Jesus, He calmed the storm and
asked them about their faith. Here is
what the Bible says about their response:
The
disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other.
“Even the wind and waves obey him!”
Their response I would hope would be more like how I
would respond at that point. They were
amazed. Yet these guys had just watched
Jesus feed 5,000+ people. They saw Him
perform other miracles and knew Him well.
Jesus questioned their faith.
Maybe seeing is not always believing as the old
saying goes. Faith has to do with the facts
we believe and not the feelings we have.
How would we respond to Jesus in these situations?
My prayer is that we would respond with faith. My prayer is that we would lead others to
come to know Jesus because of what we experienced. My prayer is that we will be changed and see
others changed all because we have been with Jesus.
How we respond to Jesus makes all the
difference. How will you respond today?
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