Journey With Jesus

Luke 8:1-3  Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God.The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.


In this day and age we talk about the singers, actors, politicians, and athletes that travel with their entourage. Some athletes have brought high school and college friends along for the ride as they travel their road to fame and fortune. Sometimes it has helped their friends escape poverty and at other times it has dragged the athlete back into poverty or worse trouble. My son had his college summer travelling with a girl and following the Grateful Dead from one place to another, and he was not alone, I have since met many who followed that path as well. It seems funny to think that Jesus travelled with his entourage, so to speak. The scene of the last supper is a memorable scene cast in oil and canvas forever, but we believe as many as one hundred people were present at that passover. Most of them were people that Jesus had touched in one way or another. They followed him on the road.


Jesus touched me too, many times in many ways that healed restored equipped and moved me along my journey with him. It's hard to say if Jesus would call the anger that suddenly came out of me a demon or not, but I knew it left at the hand of Jesus and changed me forever. It's not that I can't get angry now, it is that my anger is normal now. I control it, it does not control me. You know I can see myself sometimes following Jesus, like those biblical characters. My journey is different and yet the same. I continue to learn from him, and be renewed by him, and be inspired by him to bring a difference to other people's lives. I hope I invite or motivate others to join the entourage, and journey with Jesus. What an exciting and joyful journey it has been.