Thursday, August 21, 2014

This Guy named Mark

  Mark was a runaway, a deserter. In Act 15: 37-38 we read,"Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work." When the going got tough, Mark did not keep going. He left Paul and Barnabas in the middle of a missionary journey.
  There is a little bit of Mark's story in every Christian's life I think. At some point we who are believers have all runaway from doing the right thing because, let us face it: the right thing tends to be the hardest thing at first glace. But the Christian story does not end with us running away. Mark's story did not end with Him abandoning his faith. Mark's story ends with forgiveness and righteousness. Paul, who did not want to bring Mark with him on a missionary journey, later says in 2 Timothy 4:11 "Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry." And Paul was not the only apostle Mark helped. In 1 Peter 5:13 we read,
  "She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you sends you her greetings and so does my son Mark." Mark also went on to write one of the four gospels.
  God does not abandon His children. He calls us and when we give up and leave Him He pursues us with an everlasting love. He has done it for me, He will do it for you, and He did it for this guy named Mark.

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