I can't help but read this passage and feel great sorrow for the people of the Gerasenes. Jesus was in their midst, and they sent him away because they were filled with fear. What a missed opportunity -- they could have been transformed the same way this man was.
He wanted to go with Jesus, but Jesus had a mission for him -- he was sent to go and share the story of what God has done. It's hard to hear rejection -- he may have been certain as to what he thought God wanted for him. But just because God said no to this request, that doesn't mean that God didn't have a plan for his life. There was a story to be told, and think about how many people might have heard the good news because Jesus sent him to tell the story.
How can we tell the story? How are we sent to say what Jesus has done for us?
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