| |
I
received an invitation to go on a yacht cruise with Gazu, my new employer.
This was a chance to discover some corporate skills with this entrepreneur.
We motored out of the harbor and into a fine breeze. To my dismay, Gazu
said that he was tired and wished to nap. He had been busy dealing with
'people problems.'
A squall
hit our boat a few nautical miles out. Furiously, the waves whipped over
the boat, almost swamping it. Frightened, we awoke Gazu but he looked at
the storm and said, "Stop, you beastly waves, just cool it!" The storm abated!
It was unreal! We were dumbfounded.
Gazu asked to pull into the harbor at Gerasenes to check
out some investments. Suddenly, we heard this rogue shouting and swearing.
Gazu said something to him and before we knew it, this herd of pigs on a
distant hillside came running like the devil toward us. They ran over the
cliff and into the bay. Of course, the citizens wanted us to leave right
away. This rogue, quite calm by now, wanted to come along but Gazu asked
him to check out the investments in the 10 cities nearby. |
|
This
story, paraphrased from Mark 4-5, illustrates how Jesus went far beyond
Himself to encourage this rogue to join his crew. You see, the man was
chained to many bad habits. You may be chained to bad habits, hooked on
drugs and alcohol, or linked to pornography. Night and day you cry out
for help. Nothing seems to help. Everything is futile and desolate. Jesus
can help you in your storm. He can release that demon within you that
cries out.
 A
Suggested Prayer: "Jesus, I too feel like the rogue who
cries night and day for help. I am chained to my addiction and desperate
for relief. Only You can thwart the demon that is within me. I give
you my life and my bad habits and I ask you to make me clean with
Your shed blood as You died on the cross for my sin and misery. Amen!" |
|
