Away from the crowd.

Mark 7:33- "After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spat and touched the man's tongue." (NIV)
I felt it absurd the day my friend's father asked I and his two sons to read Mark 7:33 because we were gonna discuss it and pray about what we had learned. I wondered what we could learn from this verse. However, after reading it over and over, I saw the light in that single verse! It's amazing how much treasure can be found in three lines of Scripture. Reading this verse caused me to cast my mind back to various miracles that Jesus had performed. And then it clicked. For almost every miracle, Jesus had approached it differently. He either spoke a word, performed an action or did something really weird and unexpected. For example, in the case of the blind man in John 9, Jesus spat on the ground, mixed it with dirt and rubbed it on the blind man's eyes and he received his sight. For Lazarus, He only spoke a word and Lazarus rose to life. This discovery opened my eyes to see that Jesus deals with our various problems DiFfeRenTLy.. I must be open to accept the way in which He may decide to deal with me during my periods of hardship and challenges. The way and manner He may decide to use to deal with my problem may not be suitable and will seem weird and 'not usual', but Just like the Bible says, His ways are not my ways... What problems or challenges am I facing now? Jesus wants me to turn it all over to Him. He is aware of what I am passing through and has all the answers. I must never get discouraged no matter what. Another thing God opened my eyes to see is that sometimes God prefers to take me away from the crowd to properly deal with my problems. The man in Mark 7:33 received his breakthrough only after Jesus took Him aside, away from the crowd of people. This made me understand that God deals with me on a personal basis. Sometimes I need to move away from the noise and distractions of the crowd and be alone with my Master. Only then will I be able to hear what He wants to say to me and only then will I truly experience what He desires me to. Is God trying to get my attention? Maybe He is letting me go through this experience so He can get my attention and take me away from the crowd.
This now places the burden of how my personal relationship with Jesus is. First things first, do I even have a relationship with Him? If I do, can I boast of a thriving love relationship between me and my Saviour? God can only make me in the secret place of my communion with Him. He works better in the quiet of my heart. Jesus desires a lasting love relationship with me. Period.

Mark 7:33; the magnitude of what one verse could do.



References: The Holy Bible (New International Version)
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