It's Me Again God 2

84. Authority

It's me again God,

Thank You for teaching me each day from Your Word Lord. I am so blessed to be able to read it each day and to have it sink deep into my heart. Please help me to remember what I learn today so I can pass it on to others:‬‬

"Then Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum, and he immediately started teaching on the Sabbath day in the synagogue. The people were awestruck and overwhelmed by his teaching, because he taught in a way that demonstrated God's authority, which was quite unlike the religious scholars."
‭‭Mark‬ ‭1:21-22‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Lord Jesus You came with such authority that it was clear You were different to anyone else that people had heard before! Even now I am amazed by all You say and do! It's no wonder that everyone was talking about You:

"Suddenly, during the meeting, a demon-possessed man screamed out, "Hey! Leave us alone! Jesus the victorious, I know who you are. You're God's Holy One and you have come to destroy us!" Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Silence! You are bound! Come out of him!" The man's body shook violently in spasms, and the demon hurled him to the floor until it finally came out of him with a deafening shriek! The crowd was awestruck and unable to stop saying among themselves, "What is this new teaching that comes with such authority? With merely a word he commands demons to come out and they obey him!" So the reports about Jesus spread like wildfire throughout every community in the region of Galilee."
‭‭Mark‬ ‭1:23-28‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Even impure spirits recognise that You are Lord! Your authority extends so far! You are also the great healer, having authority over every kind of sickness:

"Now, as soon as they left the meeting, they went straight to Simon and Andrew's house, along with Jacob and John. Simon's mother-in-law was bedridden, sick with a high fever, so the first thing they did was to tell Jesus about her. He walked up to her bedside, gently took her hand, and raised her up! Her fever disappeared and she began to serve them. Later in the day, just after the Sabbath ended at sunset, the people kept bringing to Jesus all who were sick and tormented by demons, until the whole village was crowded around the house. Jesus cured many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew who he really was."
‭‭Mark‬ ‭1:29-34‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Im not surprised that the whole village came out when they saw what was happening! It was so amazing for those people to have you just speak or touch them and to be cured of illness or released from demons. I am so blessed to know that because You are the same yesterday, today and forever, I can be sure that You will keep on doing these same things! Your finished work at the cross assures me that by Your stripes, I am healed! I just need to claim the victory!

In Your Name,
Amen.