And taking him aside from the crowd privately...

And Jesus charged them to tell no one.

But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

Mark 7:33, 36-37 ESV

Not only did Jesus take the man aside to heal him, but he was very clear that the healing was not talked about.

Maybe Jesus was sending us a message too that in caring for others, in ministry, that it's good thing to do that in private, in the quiet. 

You don't need a crowd.

Maybe he knew that the adulation of the crowd, fame, importance in the eyes of others is intoxicating.

It's too much for us.

Followers. Likes. Streaks.

You don't need a crowd.

What got the crowd captured?

The healing.

But Jesus is so much more than that, and if we get lost in the noise of the healing and the crowd we miss who Jesus is, his mission.

We miss the lamb.

Stripped, beaten, crucified.

We miss my sin. Absorbed by Him

We miss the Love.

Don't miss Jesus today.

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