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Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Devotional: November 26th

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Mark 3:1-19

A second healing takes place in the synagogue at Capernaum and it is once again a Sabbath day (Mark 1:21). The Lord asks this sick man, whose hand is dried up, to do just the thing which he is incapable of doing. As he begins to obey, the man gives proof of his faith and it is this which allows the Lord Jesus to heal him. Alas, look at the hardness of heart of those standing by! Instead of rejoicing with the man who had been healed and admiring the power of the Lord, these evil men use this miracle as a pretext to try to put the Lord Jesus to death. But He pursues His ministry of grace, and the crowds, composed mainly of foreigners from Tyre and Sidon (and even Edomites) continue to flock to Him to hear Him and to find healing. Then He takes twelve disciples apart and ordains them "that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth" (cf. John 15:16). To be with the Lord Jesus: what an immense privilege and at the same time, an essential pre-condition of being capable of being sent out later. How can we fulfil any service without having first received His directions (Jeremiah 23:21-22)?

In this gospel, each of the twelve is named singly, to remind us that a servant must wait directly and personally upon his Master in order to receive guidance and help.

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