Change My Life!

 “The entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged Him to go away and leave them alone.” Matthew 8:34

In Matthew 8, we encounter a very strange town. After Jesus exorcises a couple of very savage men possessed by several demons, all the townspeople crowded around Jesus and begged Him, entreated, pleaded with Him to go way, and leave them alone. Those men possessed by demons were so fierce and violent that people could not pass where they were. Back then, there was no Waze to help you find  another alternative route. They would just have to backtrack. One would have thought that the town would be happy to have that menace removed from their midst. But no, they preferred the status quo. They preferred to be left in "peace". They didn't want an outsider Force to change the way they lived. They were already comfortable.

Sometimes we can be like that. We are OK with OK. Change is scary. And the change that Jesus can bring into our life is scarier still. It requires a little courage to say, "Yes Lord, stay. Change me. Change my life!"