November 23, 2010 – Mark 4:21 - 5:20

First, the idea that the swine were driven to their death by the evil spirit.  This is what evil spirits want to do, drive us to our doom.  They are not always powerful enough to do it immediately, like they do with the weak minded swine, but you can see their intention when they are placed in the swine.  The more we allow evil to dwell in and around us, the more influence we allow it and the closer we may come to doom.  Where as the more we fight it, control it, and seek the Lord, the further we stay away, the closer to light we get.  This appears that Jesus was showing us evil’s intention if we allow it to do what it wants. 

Secondly, the healed man that wanted to follow Christ.  Christ says no.  This goes to show us that we all have a vocation that God has in mind for us.  This man wanted to be a person that sat at the feet of Christ and was taught.  Jesus had different plan for him and sent him back to his home to preach about Jesus.  We all have a path God intends for us, that we were made specifically for, and that we were given the gifts to achieve.  We may want to talk ourselves into another path sometimes that isn’t intended for us, but we need to really listen to God for that calling, like the healed man did.