The Gerasene demoniac knew what liberation in Christ meant and he would not return to his enslavement. Having known the sweetness of Christ’s work within him, he refused to be separated from his mighty Deliverer.
Such should be our attitude, we who have known salvation from our cruel master, the devil, who sought only our harm. How we return so readily to our old ways is unfathomable. Unlike the delivered demoniac, we are called to follow Christ with unswerving devotion yet we are too readily waylaid by the pretty trinkets the devil places along the heavenly highway. Our eyes too quickly lose their wonder with Jesus and are led astray after Satan’s shiny bobbles.
The saved Gerasene would never have understood why we so easily abandon the same Savior he was desperate to follow to the end. He stands as a testimony against our whoring hearts: “I would have followed him to the ends of the earth, for He was my mighty Deliverer. Yet I was told to remain behind. But you! You are called to plant your feet in His footsteps, yet you scamper after the fleeting vapors that once so blinded and bound me! Come to your senses, Christ-follower! Cling to the King who has ransomed you and claims lordship of your life!”
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