Somebody Needs To Hear Your Story

Mark 4:35-39

“On the same day, when evening had come, He (Jesus) said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. 

And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.    

At the end of the fourth chapter of Mark is an amazing story.  It's the one about Jesus traveling the length of the Sea of Galilee, headed to the region of the Gadarenes.  He was going there for one reason:  To rescue a poor, hopelessly demon-possessed man who lived among the tombs there.  

This unnamed man was in the clutches of a legion of demons.  That's more than 6,000, folks!  In fact it's somewhere between 6-9,000! Yikes!  He was unquestionablyTHE MOST demon-possessed man of all time!

So, Jesus was on His way; NO! He was making a B-line, directly across the Sea of Galillee when suddenly "a great windstorm arose," the account says.  It "arose" alright...with more than a little help. Those demons that possessed this man were roiling up the waters in an effort to sink the boat to stop Jesus. They knew He was coming for them.

{Yawn} You can see how "concerned" Jesus was: HE WAS SLEEPING IN THE STERN OF THE BOAT ON A PILLOW!  That's because He is never concerned about anything the devil is doing.

His disciples, on the other hand, were terrified!  The boat was rapidly filling with water and they feared it would founder!  They rushed over to wake Jesus up.  He arose in response to the cries of His loved ones and rebuked the wind.  All He said was one word in Hebrew:  SHALOM.  

Afterward it says in the Greek text that there was a "MEGA CALM."

The disciples were even more frightened than before!  “But He {Jesus} said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” Mark 4:40-41

He was amazed at their response because they had seen countless multitudes healed of every kind of disease, had a front-row seat as crowds of people were fed from 5 loaves of bread and 2 tiny fish the size if sardines!  

These things didn't just happen once; there were so many miracles that the scriptures say there are not enough books in the world to contain an account of them all!  You get He was incredulous!

Some Amy not realize the countless miracles He did because The Holy Spirit has only recorded 33 min order to paint pictures for us of this wonderful Jesus.  He was quite amused that they were shocked when He calmed the storm with one word.

Amazingly, this event was foretold in one of the blessing Jacob spoke over his sons.  Gad, like his brother, Benjamin, must have thought his Dad had a screw loose when he heard the following words:

Genesis 49:19 “Gad, a troop {a legion} shall tramp upon him, But he shall triumph at last."  

A troop shall what???  "Tramp on him?  That's more than 6,000 soldiers!  Now where have we seen that number before?!  Oh yes; that's the number of demons in that man!  

You see, there are prophetic elements in all the blessing over his sons.  The Holy Spirit was painting beautiful pictures of Jesus for us!

Lest anyone, believer or not, feel that they are beyond redemption or that they're too far gone, do you think you could ever be worse off than this demoniac?  In order to be possessed by that many demons, he had obviously “dabbled” in a lot of really things of the world for quite some time.  At last, however, he got so tangled up with evil that NO ONE could help him.  

No one, that is, but Jesus.  

Jesus LOVES US!  He knows each and every one of us and calls us BY NAME.  If you call out to Him, He will make a "B-line" toward you too, just for the asking.  It doesn’t matter what problem or situation you’re in right now or how bad you've been.  He will redeem you out of it, even if it's of your own making.

Look at what happened after this man was  delivered:  He went and preached the Gospel in 10 cities!  I guarantee you MANY came to believe in Jesus because of his incredible story.

If you already know this wonderful Jesus, you, like me, have been no doubt been delivered you out of many things.  If not, all you need to do is ask Him to save you and to redeem you out of it.  

Then GO; Tell someone else your story.  Tell them about YOUR JESUS.  

I guarantee it:  Somebody out there needs to hear your story.