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marbella3 70F
2480 posts
2/24/2020 5:19 am

Last Read:
2/24/2020 7:36 am

Liberated by Jesus

Numbers 9–11
Mark 5:1–20
[He] began to tell . . . how much Jesus had done for him.

Mark 5:20

Mark 5:1–20
“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, l’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 (vv. 3–5). But all of that changed after Jesus liberated him (v. 13). But, as with KC, his life before Jesus was far from normal. His internal turmoil that he expressed externally is not 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 (v. 19).

Reflect & Pray
How has Jesus changed you? Who do you know that needs to hear about it?

God, I’m so grateful that, through Jesus, things that controlled me in the past can indeed remain in the past.


MrsJoe 76F
17309 posts
2/24/2020 7:15 am

Today, the more important changes are those that God helps me make every day. I can look back, and see a big change, but there are battles every day that if lost, could slide a person down the ladder.

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.