Years ago, Jill and I were walking toward the stadium for an SC Gamecock football game when we ran into a famous man being followed by a large crowd. He was strutting and yelling out as he went along, hyping up the crowd for the game. The people copied him every time he did it. “Woo,” he shouted. Then everyone would respond, “Woo!” That was Rick Flair’s famous line, and we still love it to this day.

This morning, I read about another famous man who also had others respond when they saw Him. He wasn’t cocky and loud. He wasn’t hyping others up for an event. He just walked along, drawing a response every time a particular group recognized him. Check this out.

“And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” - Mark 3:11, ESV.

Jesus walked into a location, and when the demons saw Him, they caused the person that they were possessing to fall on the ground before Him and cry out who He was. There was no hype, no pride, no building on emotion. Jesus didn’t have a back-and-forth conversation with them. He just cast out the demon, healing and pointing the person to God, and commanded the demons to shut their mouths. Then he walked on.

You see, the demons know God. They are very aware of His sovereignty over them. God can destroy them any time He wants. They are smart to recognize and cower to God’s authority and power. Humans, not so much! But there will come a day when everybody, EVERYBODY, will respond when they see Jesus. Every single human who has ever lived will kneel before Jesus and cry out, “You are Lord!” Only He can garner such a response.

It is wise of you to do that now by choice rather than then by demand. Then you can be ready and excited to encounter Him instead of being afraid to see HIm. -Pastor Mike

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