Today's daily lesson comes from Mark 1 verses 32 through 39:
32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. 35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
Sometimes the greatest obstacle to what we should be doing is what we are doing right now. Usually this is the case, not because of our failure in what we are doing now, but because of our marginal success.
I am convinced that many a talent has gone not fully realized because people get so comfortable in what they are doing today that they quit imagining what they are supposed or could be doing tomorrow. That is the beginning of the end.
There is a book titled "Necessary Endings" which I commend to anyone thinking where they are, what they are doing, and how they are doing it might is sufficient for today but maybe not tomorrow. The premise is basically that for something new to begin then it is almost always necessary for something old to begin.
Jesus was wildly successful in the little town of Capernaum. Had he staid there doing what he was doing he would have been one of the greatest healers, teachers, and exorcists Galilee had ever known; but he would not have been called Savior of the World.
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