PROFILES —-
MARY MAGDALENE
LOWS & HIGHS
Mary Magdalene knew what it was to be filled with seven demons. We are told this in the Gospel of Mark. She also knew what it was to find freedom through the work of Jesus Christ (Mark 16:9). It’s from this experience of meeting Jesus Christ that she became a person driven by faithfulness to her Savior and Lord. She knew the low of not knowing God. But she also knew the high of being freed by His delivering hand. She followed Him through the low of seeing Him suffer and die. (She actually saw the stone rolled across the front of her deliverer’s tomb!) But after His burial, she was the first to see Him when He had risen from the dead. We can look to Mary as an example of a servant-disciple who would follow Jesus no matter what highs and lows may come.
THINK & PRAY
THANKFUL & FAITHFUL
Following Jesus comes with a cost. Mary Magdalene saw a lot in her time with Jesus, and she proved to be faithful through it all. Even when some of Jesus’ closest disciples were denying Him, betraying Him, and failing to be present at His death, Mary was a constant, faithful servant. She displayed a genuine devotion to and love for Jesus. We don’t have all the details we may want from her salvation story or access to the accounts she would be able to give of Christ, but it seems clear that because she experienced Jesus’ delivering hand, she wanted nothing more than to serve Him. Her heart displayed deep gratitude to her Savior. She saw salvation come to the world through Him firsthand. Are you, like her, filled with deep gratitude to Christ for saving you and providing the chance to serve Him with joyful devotion?