July 12th

July 12^th – Luke 8:22-56 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208:22-56&version=NLT)

Please go read!!!!

Two things:

1) People reacted to Jesus’ casting out demons in fear. It seems crazy. He comes along and heals a man who has been causing problems for ages. Yet, people become afraid because of this and actually ask him to leave. That seems really stupid, right? I mean, why not ask him to stay and fix more problems? Fear. But why fear him? It’s simple. As people, we like to be able to understand and rationalize everything around us. Why else do we bother with such in depth study into the world we live in? We have this notion that the more we understand, the more we can control, and therefore the fewer threats we face. We simply don’t like things we can’t explain or understand. They scare us. They are unpredictable, new, and overwhelming, so we assume them to be a threat and become afraid. That was probably the peoples’ reaction to Jesus. Often I think we react like that when God clearly touches out lives. We pull away. We need to remember that He is not meant to be understood and He is not a threat.

2) Jesus wanted to keep the daughter’s being brought back to life a secret. I think often miracles are meant to be shown, but often they area also meant to be kept private – between those who they involve. God wants faith out of love and devotion, not because He offers us undeniable proof. Things like miracles are undeniable proof. Tossing them around may cause many to believe, but it would  not be true faith. True faith is what we need. We need to be able to not see God working, yet still know He is.

That shall be all! God bless! Shalom!

P.S. Yes, this is late. My sister had company over yesterday and they watched all of Sherlock (the BBC one) last night so I was up with them because it was in the room connected to my bedroom. I got into the show (one of my favs) and totally forgot about my study. My apologies!