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W
e all like to see that attitude from our
children when they are little. And the
Father seeks the same in us. Mark’s account of
the Lord’s living and working amongst men
begins with the theme of immediacy:
“And the Spirit immediately drove him into
the wilderness… And immediately coming up
out of the water, he saw the heavens open…
And immediately they left the nets and
followed him… And immediately he called
them; and they left their father Zebedee in
the boat… And they went into Capernaum;
and immediately on the Sabbath day he
entered into the synagogue… And the report
of him went out immediately everywhere…
And immediately, when they had come out of
the synagogue… Simon's wife's mother lay sick
of a fever, and immediately they told him
about her… immediately the fever left her…
And immediately the leprosy departed from
him… he immediately sent him away… And
immediately many were gathered together…
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his
spirit… And he arose and immediately picked
up the bed”
(Mk.1:10,12,18,20,21,28,29,30,31,42,43;
2:2,8,12).
This is not simply giving the impression of a
fast moving ministry and progression of
events. This is Mark’s way of showing that the
Spirit was conducting things. The Lord’s cures
were immediate, in contrast to the slow,
partial cures of medical science and healers.
Matthew does the same. He sets up Joseph as
the parade example of immediate response.
Joseph receives three visions, and gets up in
the morning and obeys them; taking Mary to
Egypt, and then back to Israel, when people
rarely travelled more than 50km from their
birthplace let alone moved that far. Marrying
Mary when she was pregnant not by him, when
marrying an already pregnant woman was
bound to make the rest of his life very diffi-
cult.
Those called to the Gospel responded imme-
diately. Matthew left his money on the table
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