The Taming of the Wild Man
“Neither could any man tame him.”~ Mk. 5:4
Shakespeare had his, “Taming of the Shrew”; the Bible goes one better (as always) with, “The Taming of the Wild Man.” Not the bringing under control of a cantankerous individual, as in the play, but one of whom it is said: he dwelt in tombs; was naked; cried out night and day; was exceeding fierce; cutting himself with stones; driven of Satan into the wilderness; bound with chains and fetters, which he snapped like thread; and worse of all, out of his right mind.
This man was completely controlled by a legion of devils, from the kingdom of darkness. So much so was he possessed that we’re told, no man could tame him! That is, until “THE MAN, CHRIST JESUS” came along. Putting ‘Him’ into the equation always changes the situation.
When we’re confronted with the hard cases, we need to remember God’s question to Jeremiah and the prophet’s answer: God: “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? “ Jeremiah: “Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:”
No man could tame the manic; and two-thousand devils out of hell couldn’t stop Jesus from delivering him! Hallelujah for the LAMB!
by an Old Disciple