I AM MANY
Those of you who are paying attention have already noticed that there was a problem. Legion was talked about in Mark chapter 5, not Matthew 5 which is what I was supposed to be reading. I didn’t even realize the error until I got the Bible back out to talk about the pigs walking into the lake and I couldn’t find the story in chapter 5 of Matthew. That sent cold chills down my spine. I now KNEW for a fact that this was indeed the Lord leading me to this subject.
There is so much about the story of Legion that jumps out at me. Legion was possessed by an evil spirit and he lived among the tombs. That one statement is so sad, he was shunned and feared by everyone to the point where he lived alone with only the dead. When he saw Jesus from a distance, though he ran to him and asked what Jesus wanted with him and begged him not to torture him. When Jesus asked his name he answered, Legion, for we are many. Jesus commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man and put them into a herd of about 2000 pigs.
While I hope and pray that I am not possessed by evil spirits, this story did make me start to think about all the different “people” I have living inside of me and probably you also. I started to list some of them and the list just keeps going and going. Here are some of the most apparent people in me. I am a King’s daughter. I am a child to James and Margie and a sister to Lisa and Ellery. I am a wife to Joe. I am a mother to Matthan, Ashleigh, and Joseph. I am a grandmother to Matti, Huttson, Emersyn, Jett, and Beckham. I am a blogger and an entrepreneur. I am also other things that are not quite as apparent. I am tender-hearted and cry easy. I am busy and don’t always take the time to enjoy those around me. I am an encourager. I am a believer. I am a follower and a leader. I am a student and I am a teacher. I am a friend. I am a blessing and a curse. I am simple and complicated. I am a clothing lover. I am Legion and I am blessed beyond measure.
The Lord saved Legion and he can save me and you also. Comment below your “I AM” and tell me who your Legion is.
Have A Blessed Sunday!
Tania, I think there needs to be a correction to the story you were told. The man’s name wasn’t Legion. There was a legion of evil spirits in him, and they were the ones who answered. A legion was a standard unit of Roman soldiers and could be between 3,000 and 6,000 men. So there were many evil spirits in the one man. That is why a herd of pigs was used. God/Jesus sent a spirit into each pig.
I am a sinner saved by Grace, a wife to Bob, a mother to Jessica and Craig, a daughter to Charlie and Kathy, sister to Dawn, Cammy, and CA, I am Lolly to my granddaughter Emaly, a loyal and loving friend, I am thankful and so blessed.
I am a sinner i am saved im a daughter and sister and Mother . Im fighter and a survivor. Thank you for reminding me all things I m because of God ‘s love for me.
Such a great message and a great reminder of how much I need Jesus!
Wonderful lesson we all can learn from. I too have went to the “wrong” book of the Bible for a study; only to realize that it truly was what God wanted me to read instead! Love the way my Lord works within me, my life, & my walk with Him! Continued blessings to you & your journey.
Ok…you asked for comments and the word legion hit me in a totally different way. First off, I think you have such a fun fashion site. I appreciate how you pair your outfits and the playful presentation in your explanations. It was great to read your insights on the passage of scripture and your sentivity to the Spirt to explore it further. However, one thing that struck me in your reading was the reference to yourself as “legion”. I understand the word to mean many and in this verse it is used to refer to many demons inside this man. Something amazing we receive as Believers in Christ is being born again (Jn3:3-8) and being made new (2 Cor. 5:17). I love this verse because it says we are a new creation. God does not tack on to the old man but makes us new. We can still operate out of our old man. However, we have been given a new identity. As a Believer, you are one in Christ with differing gifts, abilities and talents expression of your being but not fragmentations of your person. When I read the passage and word “legion” in Mark I think of a man disassocitative, and being tormented by Satan to such an extent he is living out of his fragmentation. Jesus doesn’t add on to the fragmentation but cast out the evil spirits and makes him whole and one in Christ Jesus. I would say you are many beautiful wonderful glorious things in Christ, but not legion (fragmented tormented self operating seperately) but healed and whole operating out of the fullness of your gifting as a purveyor of joy, beauty, creatity and excellence revealing His glory in all your expressions. The center of your identity in Him expressing the beauty of His character through all the things you listed about yourself and more 🙂 so when others see you…they see Him 🙂 I see it in your styling 🙂 and the way your write. I hope I did not offend you in my response – I think the word “legion” just didn’t seem to fit you. 🙂
I needed this today. I came to look at clothes and am leaving with so much more.
I, too, am legion… both good and bad. Much to ponder today.