Wednesday, September 6, 2023

How Important RU?

Mark 5:21 (KJV) And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

Jesus and His disciples returned but this time there was no storm but there were a lot of people waiting. The news got out that Jesus was back in town and many people are back. But in the next verse the focus changes from the multitude to one person, a man named Jairus.  Mark 5:22 (KJV) And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue. Wait a minute I have a question? My question is if this man Jairus was a ruler, was he there in the synagogue in chapter 3 when Jesus healed a man with the  withered hand? Did Jairus know about the counsel that was taken, how they might destroy Jesus. I think being a ruler he did and may have been a part of that counsel. I don't know, but being a rule I would have to think he would have known about it. If so  what changed that he being a ruler in the synagogue would come to Jesus in such desperation?  Mark 5:23 (KJV) And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. His daughter! What’s it going to take to change your heart? Jesus seeing this man’s urgency and his desperation heads off to Jairus home. 

Mark 5:24 (KJV) And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. If you could have seen Jairus face I’m sure it had some relief on it. But then it happened, somebody got in the way and stopped the progress. Mark 5:25 (KJV) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, You see Jairus daughter is in desperate need, this woman is also in desperate need.  Maybe she could have waited, I mean this has been going on for 12 years. What's one more day? What a dilemma, a man's daughter at the point of death.  A woman who had spent all she had and was not getting any better, instead she was getting worse. Which would you say was more urgent? What would you do? Would you say “I’m sorry miss but Mr Jairus asked me first to see his daughter, you see she’s at the point of death. When I’m done there I’ll come back and see about you. No! That’s not the way Jesus works. He’s never too busy to see about you and others aren’t  more important. It makes no difference who you are, Ruler Jairus or an unnamed woman who was suffering, everybody is important to Jesus. All you have to do is call His Name and He will stop and help you. (To be continued)

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