Gospel: Mark 3:7-12
He told his disciples to have a
boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. He
had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him
to touch him. And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before
him and shout, “You are the Son of God.” He warned them sternly not to make him
known.
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Large number of people from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idulmea, Jordan, Tyre and Sidon were following Jesus because of the physical and spiritual healing that He did for them. And after experiencing healing from Jesus they surely would spread it through word of mouth and by other means.
This kind of situation is no different in our time right now. Whenever we hear that someone heals in the name of Jesus it immediately goes viral, it spread and soon after populate the internet. And naturally we would all go there (if we could) and see and experience it for ourselves as they say: “To see is to believe.” We therefore go to see and once we see it as if on cue we would now immediately believe.
On the other hand there’s the silent majority who follow Jesus not because of His miracles and healings. They follow Him for the simple reason that they feel it in their hearts their need for Jesus, immaterial of His miracles and healings. It doesn’t even matter if he would be able to heal or not. They follow already for their love and thirst for the Lord.
The ideal and true followers are
those who follow even without experiencing miracles. Are you one of those? Or
you still need to see and feel a miracle before you follow the Lord. – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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