Monday, May 3, 2010

Mark 1:29-34

Mark moves quickly. Jesus shows up and after His baptism, wilderness journey, and calling of the disciples He is off healing like crazy. Fevers? No problem. Demons? Bring them on...just don't let them talk because they know who He is.

Jesus serves as almost an action figure. He answers the bat phone and it's off to the races. Jesus' popularity increases exponentially; what will He do next?

One has to wonder how exhausted Jesus is. It's been a big day and now crowds are pressing in at the door when one would normally wind down to go to bed. Yet Jesus remained with them that day and throughout much of the night, and then....

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