BBD 09.13.13 A Spider In Your Ear (Classic)
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09.13.13
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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