Healed – Page 4 – Praying Pint

Why Wait

Why do we read such verses of healing and not think God is able to heal a broken heart, or relationship, or financial hardship, or friendship, or a life purpose of serving Him? Do we limit God working in our life because of our lack of faith in what God can do? Besides these verses there are multiple references to the omnipotent power of God. One I like and remind myself of is in Ephesians it says that “He is able to do more than we think and much more than we can imagine”. Why wait – turn it over to Him and trust in him alone! People implored Him and were made whole.

Matthew 14:34
And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

Matthew 4:23
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people

Mark 6:55
And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well

The Blind, Deaf, and Mute

Can you imagine what it would be like to be blind and then be able to see? or deaf and able to hear? or mute and able to speak? The joy and thankfulness you would have could not be explained in words. Imagine if you were the friend or brother or parents of one of these and you saw the miracle happen. The thankfulness you would have and how you would not be able to stop talking about it. You might even tell others with great belief they too could have healing. How thankful would you be if you were saved from eternity in hell, or if you were given peace, joy, love, hope…..Wouldn’t you want to tell others about gospel????

Matthew 11:4
And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me

Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted

Have Centurion Like Faith

Every time I read this passage I am encouraged by the faith of the centurion. He understood the authority of Jesus when most around Him did not. I have to imagine each of us struggle to understand and believe His authority over all things. Yet if we expect to see His hand and deliverance don’t we have to believe He has the authority. Can’t we trust Him to do that which we think is impossible. Whatever is troubling you, seek Him for He has the authority if we have faith.

Matthew 8:5
When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith

Psalms 107:18
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man

Mark 6:4
He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief