8 For Jesus had already said to the spirit, “Come out of the man, you evil spirit.”And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.” 10 Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.
11 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby. 12 “Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”
13 So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water. Mark 5:8-13
Remember the goals of Satan, or demons for that matter is to steal, kill, and destroy and while you might ask why the pigs.....why didn't He destroy them, or cast them into the Lake of Fire? Because there is an order for everything! Since sin is in the world, there has to be a consequence for it. When we touch a hot stove, there will be pain associated with doing so....and they only way you learn not to touch a hot stove is to experience that pain.
If you read Revelations you learn that the day is coming that Satan, demons, and anyone else who chooses against God, will have their appointed time to be dealt with for eternity, and in this case you see the demons knew that, that time wasn't now. Which is precisely why daily they are looking for someone to influence or inhabit so that what happened to the pigs, could happen to you.
We've all heard voices.....that have suggested we " tell em' off" or " divorce ________________ you deserve better than...." or " keep the extra it's a blessing from God, they'll never miss it" or " don't believe this crap.....God could care less about.........." or " missing one Sunday aint gonna hurt...." and so on....they want you to focus on you, because as long as you are focused on you, you are not focusing on God and others, and before long you have selfishly rationalized and justified your actions.
The man, had been freed from the torment of the demons, and the display following was the possessed pigs plunging to their death. Where are you? Who have you been listening to? Jesus is delaying His return so that we all have ample time to be delivered from_________________ and return to our right spiritual mind where we are focused on depending on Him as our Shepherd, loving Him, and loving others? I pray today is your day you are delivered from______________________________ and that you are directed back to where JESUS desires you to be, doing what He created you to do.......LGLP
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