Rebuke Our Fevers

After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them.

At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. And demons also came out from many, shouting, "You are the Son of God." But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ.

At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him from leaving them. But he said to them, "To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent." And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea. (Luke 4:38-44)

Jesus would not let the demons speak, and he rebuked them.  Do we let our resident demons speak?  We are all sick with various “diseases” such as envy, anger, hate, pride, and lies.  We are fevered with all these diseases, and we let them speak.

When we file down the aisle at Christ the King to receive the Eucharist, look up at Jesus on the cross.  He “stands over us.”  Let him rebuke our “fevers,” and make us clean again.

Deacon David Pierce