Mark 5:17 And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. 18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19 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.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
One might ask what - if anything, could outdo seeing Jesus calm the storm on the sea instantly. The back-to-back miracles that followed did not necessarily overshadow it, but they definitely added to it. These verses from the middle of the chapter conclude Jesus' casting out the demons that went into the pigs, only to run off the cliff and be drowned. Everyone marveled, but that marveling led to different subsequent reactions. The man wanted to go with Him; the majority wanted Him to go away. Next, Jesus healed the woman with internal bleeding, which was a miracle in passing. How many people later connected the dots to her healing and the encounter with Jesus? That's because many were pressing on Him to see what He did with Jairus' daughter, but very few got to actually witness Jesus raising her death. Even those closest to the situation thought it was hopeless. Many marveled, but soon turned away to living life business as usual. How many things do we need to see Jesus do in history and our lives before we do more than marvel? What does it take for us to trust Him?
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