Day 269 – 365 Days through the Word

Day 269 – Proclaim your story to the ears that need it most.

Today’s Reading: Mark 2 – 6

Mark 5:14-16 “The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs.”

Jesus can use us whenever and wherever, but He tends to choose where He’s needed most.

Jesus didn’t come for the heathy or the righteous, He came for those who were sick. When He was among all the people He gave His time, words, compassion, mercy and grace to those who seeking Him, but among His disciples, those who knew Him best, He got deeper, stronger, and undoubtedly more firm. For Jesus wanted His disciples to be able to go out into the world and do as He did after He he’d leave them to go to Heaven.

When Jesus begins a work in our life we are like those following Him, wanting to hear His words and needing to be healed by Him; once His testimony is embedded and flowing through our heart, body, and soul, it is our turn to be grown by Him like His disciples. Jesus wants us to use His Testimony in us to Glorify Him and lead others to Him, not to be famous but to make Him glorious to others.

The testimony in us is not ours but His and He wants us to use it.

Sometimes He will choose to continue to pour into us for a time, but other times He knows the change in us is so drastic that he bids us farewell, encouraging us to lead others to Him by what He’s already done.

Mark 5:18-20 “As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.”