Mar 3:7 | KingComments | STEP | The opposition causes the Lord to retreat. This does not mean that the resistance will prevent the river of God’s blessing from flowing. That is impossible. On the contrary, opposition is precisely an opportunity to push that flow in a different direction and making it greater, so that more people can get a share in it. The sea speaks of the Lord’s great field of work. People come to Him from all sides because they have heard of His deeds of blessing. Thus God’s blessing continues to flow to the eternal joy of the poor and needy who bow down before Christ. In order not to be pushed aside by the crowd, He takes precautions. He, Almighty God, uses human means to do so. He could have made a path between men, just as He did when they wanted to throw Him down the cliff ( ). Here, however, He is not dealing with opponents, but with people who need Him. The power of the Lord to heal is present. Everyone who needs Him can reach and touch Him. He is always reachable for those who need Him. He heals not only the physically ill, but also people who are demon-possessed. The unclean spirits cannot remain silent in His presence. In the man in whom they dwell they throw themselves down before Him and confess His Name. ‘Shout’ means forced acknowledgment expressed in ecstasy. The redeemed confess His Name not shouting loudly, but voluntarily, deeply grateful, with understanding and spiritual insight. Thus He is engaged in doing good to the people and delivers them, without seeking anything for Himself from them. He does not want the demons to confess His Name openly. He accepts no testimony of man as such and even less of demons. What is the value of an acknowledgment of Who He is if it has not been worked by the Spirit of God?

‏ Mark 3:7

Healings by the Sea

The opposition causes the Lord to retreat. This does not mean that the resistance will prevent the river of God’s blessing from flowing. That is impossible. On the contrary, opposition is precisely an opportunity to push that flow in a different direction and making it greater, so that more people can get a share in it. The sea speaks of the Lord’s great field of work. People come to Him from all sides because they have heard of His deeds of blessing. Thus God’s blessing continues to flow to the eternal joy of the poor and needy who bow down before Christ.

In order not to be pushed aside by the crowd, He takes precautions. He, Almighty God, uses human means to do so. He could have made a path between men, just as He did when they wanted to throw Him down the cliff (Lk 4:29-30). Here, however, He is not dealing with opponents, but with people who need Him.

The power of the Lord to heal is present. Everyone who needs Him can reach and touch Him. He is always reachable for those who need Him. He heals not only the physically ill, but also people who are demon-possessed. The unclean spirits cannot remain silent in His presence. In the man in whom they dwell they throw themselves down before Him and confess His Name. ‘Shout’ means forced acknowledgment expressed in ecstasy. The redeemed confess His Name not shouting loudly, but voluntarily, deeply grateful, with understanding and spiritual insight.

Thus He is engaged in doing good to the people and delivers them, without seeking anything for Himself from them. He does not want the demons to confess His Name openly. He accepts no testimony of man as such and even less of demons. What is the value of an acknowledgment of Who He is if it has not been worked by the Spirit of God?