Mark 3:7-12

7 Jesus and his disciples went out to the lake,
     followed by a huge crowd from all over Galilee, Judea,
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River,
     and even from as far away as Tyre and Sidon.
     The news about his miracles had spread far and wide,
     and vast numbers of people came to see him for themselves.
9 Jesus instructed his disciples to bring around a boat
     and to have it ready in case he was crowded off the beach.
10 There had been many healings that day.
     As a result, many sick people were crowding around him, trying to touch him.
11 And whenever those possessed by evil spirits caught sight of him,
     they would fall down in front of him shrieking, "You are the Son of God!"
12 But Jesus strictly warned them not to say who he was.
(NLT)

Jesus was compassionate. He loved people and gave of Himself. He healed the multitudes because they were lost sheep without a shepherd. The Pharisees had written them off as hopeless, helpless, destitute and not worth saving. Jesus saw these people as worth saving. Why? Because they were created by Him, for Him and He saw their value and worth. People may be down but not out, hurt but worth healing and Jesus sees them as needing Him. We who are saved are to represent Jesus in reaching out to this hurting world. We need to see as Jesus sees not as the world sees. He saw us as worthy and we need to see others as worthy because Jesus sees them as worthy.

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