"When He Speaks...People Listen"-Mark 1:21-28

Have you ever heard God speak before? Have you listened? I think so many times as Christians we struggle with hearing the voice of God, we struggle with allowing God's voice to permeate our outer walls of life and busyness and we fail to hear when He wants to speak, it's so hard for us to hear from Him when we hear so many voices going on about us...so the question is...do we listen?

In Mark 1:21-28, Jesus went down to Capernaum and this was a very festive time because it was the time right after the wedding recorded in John 2 and the Passover is about to be there so Jesus went to the temple to teach in the Synagogue.

Well, here in Mark we see that he was teaching and imagine that...people were amazed at His teaching, as it says because... "He taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law."-(Mark 1:22)

The greatest part about this whole story is what happens afterwards and here's a quick run down: A man who was there with an Evil Spirit began to cry out and even proclaimed Him as the "Holy One of God" and then the greatest part...Jesus casts out the demon in him and not only that...He tells the demon to "Be Quiet" and the demon comes out!!!

Isn't it crazy to think about this for a second...I mean here's a guy that didn't just have this demon right then and there, it was probably something he had been hiding and something that the others probably knew there was something about him, yet never wanted to say anything and at just the time where they're amazed at Jesus and His teaching, this guy's demon shows its ugly head. Crazy!

Here's the deal...at the presence of Jesus, this guys life was never the same...at the VOICE of Jesus all of a sudden this demon was irritated and then cast out...what power! what strength! what sheer amazement!!!

Jesus simply speaks and this demon listens!!! It's crazy to think about the power of the voice of God because all too often we think about that "Still small voice" yet we need to recognize that Jesus' voice and words bring power, they bring strength, they bring the ability to change lives...so the question finally comes down from above...CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GOOD!!!!-Grace and Peace.