Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. So He bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.
At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them. Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Messiah.
At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for Him and when they came to where He was, they tried to keep Him from leaving them. But He said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” And He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
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I believe sometimes the church can act like the people in Capernaum. They didn’t want Jesus to leave…they wanted Him all to themselves. The church acts in this way sometimes. We want Jesus all to ourselves…and this is proven by the lack of initiative to share Him with those who don’t have Him. Jesus told them He had to go through all the towns. Similarly, Jesus commanded us to share Him to the ends of the earth. If we truly have and understand Jesus…we won’t want to keep Him to ourself, because it’s no longer we who live but Christ who lives in us. So…what will you do? Will you try to keep Him for yourself and in so doing miss who He really is…it will you share Him with others and realize who He is really is?
A Journey With Jesus 