BBD 01.13.06 A Spider in Your Ear
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01.13.06
A Spider in Your Ear
Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the
Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him
out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among
the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had
often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled
apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame
him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs,
crying out and cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from afar, he
ran and worshiped Him. And he cried out with a loud voice and said, "What
have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God
that You do not torment me." For He said to him, "Come out of the man,
unclean spirit!" Then He asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered,
saying, "My name is Legion; for we are many." Also he begged Him earnestly
that He would not send them out of the country. - Mark 5:1-10.
Just in time for Friday the 13th is a story about a woman in Sweden who had
an unwelcome visitor for a month. The visitor crept into their home and made
itself welcome in an ear. Yes, it was a black spider the size of a thumbnail
that a woman eventually washed out of her ear and watched as it crawled
away. She had experienced some hearing loss in the ear and thought there
might be wax building up. However, after that she could hear scratching
sounds in her ear - how scary is that! That is when she went to a pharmacy
and bought some cleanser to wash out her ear. The woman did remember seeing
a spider on her bed 27 days before she was able to wash out the spider.
To have a spider in your ear or even to think that you have a spider in your
ear is a frightening thought for most of us. But an even more terrifying
thing would be to have an infestation of demons living in you. How terrible
would that be? The man Jesus encountered in Gadara did not just have one
demon but a legion of demons; thousands of demons were living inside of him.
Even though the man was possessed by demons, he did the right thing. He
recognized the One who could help him. He ran and worshipped Jesus. However,
when he spoke it was the words of the demons that are recorded. On one hand
the man wanted to worship God, however, at the same time he had these demons
that were causing him to do things he did not want to do.
Let us learn a lesson from the demon possessed man of Gadara. Whether it is
a problem with an infestation of demons in our life or some other problem
the thing to do, the first thing to do is to run to Jesus.
Have you asked Jesus to help you?
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