昨天我们看到耶稣如何平息海上的风暴，今天，耶稣和衪的门徒却遇到了发生在陆地上的风暴。故事中那个狂暴的人是很危险和不受控制的，他像怒吼的狂风般大声喊叫，然而令人惊奇的是，他所说的却是事实：他认出耶稣是“至高神的儿子。”
门徒自己也从未尝试宣告这个关于耶稣身份的事实，他们只是逐渐开始明白衪是谁；他们仍然在学习和认知的过程中，而我们也一样在学习着。
就像衪在海上所作的，耶稣以衪的权能平静了这个人内心的风暴，他从污鬼的折磨中被释放出来，头脑也恢复正常了，他便回家告诉亲属和众人，“主为他所做的是何等大的事。”
这个故事令人想起昔日神藉摩西在红海所作的事（参看出埃及记14-15）。具有强大杀伤力的埃及军兵整体都被海水淹没了，神的权柄和能力制伏了邪恶，结果众百姓便得了释放和拯救。这些都是历史上重要的事件，而耶稣也始终都临在那现场。
当我们正确地认出耶稣是谁时，我们或许也会问：“我与你有什么相干？”惟愿我们都认识耶稣是谁、从撒但的势力中得释放、并且接受邀请去领受信心和新的生命。我们不再陷于混乱和损伤中，因为耶稣已经释放了我们，赐给我们平安了！
耶稣啊，你是至高神的儿子，求你使你的旨意在我身上成就。感谢你赐我平安和释放我得自由，又求你帮助我告诉别人，你为我做了何等大的事。阿们。
马可福音 5:1-20
1他们来到海那边格拉森人的地方。
2耶稣一下船，就有一个被污鬼附着的人从坟茔里出来迎着他。
3那人常住在坟茔里，没有人能捆住他，就是用铁链也不能。
4因为人屡次用脚镣和铁链捆锁他，铁链竟被他挣断了，脚镣也被他弄碎了。总没有人能制伏他。
5他昼夜常在坟茔里和山中喊叫，又用石头砍自己。
6他远远地看见耶稣，就跑过去拜他，
7大声呼叫说：“至高神的儿子耶稣，我与你有什么相干？我指着神恳求你，不要叫我受苦！”
8是因耶稣曾吩咐他说：“污鬼啊，从这人身上出来吧！”
9耶稣问他说：“你名叫什么？”回答说：“我名叫‘群’，因为我们多的缘故。”
10就再三地求耶稣，不要叫他们离开那地方。
11在那里山坡上，有一大群猪吃食。
12鬼就央求耶稣，说：“求你打发我们往猪群里，附着猪去。”
13耶稣准了他们，污鬼就出来，进入猪里去。于是那群猪闯下山崖，投在海里淹死了。猪的数目约有二千。
14放猪的就逃跑了，去告诉城里和乡下的人。众人就来，要看是什么事。
15他们来到耶稣那里，看见那被鬼附着的人，就是从前被群鬼所附的，坐着，穿上衣服，心里明白过来，他们就害怕。
16看见这事的，便将鬼附之人所遇见的和那群猪的事都告诉了众人。
17众人就央求耶稣离开他们的境界。
18耶稣上船的时候，那从前被鬼附着的人恳求和耶稣同在。
19耶稣不许，却对他说：“你回家去到你的亲属那里，将主为你所做的是何等大的事，是怎样怜悯你，都告诉他们。”
20那人就走了，在低加波利传扬耶稣为他做了何等大的事，众人就都稀奇。
“What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?” - Mark 5:7
Yesterday we saw how Jesus dealt with a storm on the sea. Today Jesus and his disciples encounter a storm on the land. The raging man in this story is dangerous and uncontrollable, and his howling voice screams like the wind but with a remarkable truth: he identifies Jesus as the “Son of the Most High God.”
The disciples themselves have not yet declared this truth about Jesus, and they are only slowly coming to realize who he is. They are still learning, and so are we.
Just as he did on the sea, Jesus calms the furious storm in this man by using his authority. The man is freed from his torment by evil spirits, he returns to his right mind, and he goes home to tell his family and many others “how much Jesus had done for him.”
This story has reminded people of God’s work through Moses at the Red Sea (see Exodus 14-15). The legion of destructive forces is drowned in the sea, evil is put in its place by God’s authority and power, and there is deliverance, salvation. These are big themes, and Jesus is right in the middle of them.
When we correctly identify who Jesus is, we too may wonder, “What do you want with me?” May we learn who Jesus is, be delivered from the power of Satan, and be invited to faith and new life. Instead of chaos and damage, Jesus brings deliverance and peace!
Jesus, Son of the Most High God, have your way with me. I thank you for bringing peace and deliverance. Help me to tell others how much you have done for me. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
