Too Much Going On...

 

Mark 6:53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. 54 And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him 55 and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

Sometimes following Jesus can seem a little overwhelming.  If I were to have just said Mark 6, without reading any of it to you, what of the many things that took place here would you remember? His rejection in His own hometown, where people couldn't handle the news of everything "little Jesus" had been doing? The twelve disciples going out two by two, multiplying the work and words of Jesus throughout the land? The tragic death of John the Baptist at the hand of Herod and the confusion over how Jesus fit into the picture? The two great back-to-back miracles of feeding the five thousand and walking on water, which left the disciples speechless?  The fact that after all that business, and vast array of responses, Jesus could go on and minister to people one by one and still care for them all?  Peter, through Mark, wanted to make it clear to all of us: "Yes, Jesus really is that overwhelming. After all, He is the Son of God."  That means even if a lot is going on, He can handle it.