Mark 3:20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
In this chapter we find a few ways that it seems maybe Jesus was not thinking well. The chapter begins with Him healing again on the Sabbath, when He had just gotten in trouble at the end of the last chapter for doing so. Why push His luck? Next, we find him traveling around, letting all these "unclean" people touch Him - those with diseases and with demons. After that, He chose twelve "losers" as team members. It is at this point that, as we read above, His family wanted to have Him committed as being out-of-control." At the end of the chapter their concern seems justified when He seems to shut them out of His life. But in between we get a clearer picture of what is going on. There is a spiritual battle taking place. Rather than Jesus being crazy or driven by demons, He is the only One willing to take on the enemy - to deal with the unseen forces behind all the evil going on. He knew exactly what He was doing, and was the only one with the courage, and the Authority, to take on the enemy and win. You don't have to be crazy to follow Jesus, but it will require courage.
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