The March Through The Gospels: Lesson 19 3/19/2022
Daily Devotions: by Christina FarrisMatthew 14:34-36 KJV
34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Jesus went to Gennesaret, a village that was still around Galilee, near Capernaum. This village had heard of Jesus and when they had knowledge he was in their country, what did they do but brought the sick and afflicted to him. And they only came to him to just touch the hem of his garment and when they touched they were made whole. The contact point for the believer to be healed was the hem of Jesus garment. They only needed to bow to Jesus touch his hem and they were made whole. What do you need to be healed? First you need faith that it is possible, but what is your contact point for healing? Is a contact point necessary? One more thing can you imagine the stories of those healed flowing through Israel?
I want to explain many people were healed in New Testament without ever touch any part or thing connected to Jesus. However people had to come and bend down to touch the hem of his garment. They had to bow in reverence to receive that healing. Do we bow to Jesus to reach his hem, or do we only reach up to him. Reaching up is a symbol we are below him in a bowed down or prostrate fashion. I had a contact point with my healing, they need for someone to pray for me to receive my healing. I need evidence to my heart for healing to come. God spoke to my heart one night that I could be healed and for me it was like Lord I need evidence of it. I need to know I can be healed. I said,"Lord silently, not outallowed, send a minister to pray for me, and not to have come forward in the church to be prayed for. God sent a minister as I requested to pray for me. I was at a desperate point in my life for healing. My pain had become to great. Funny thing I was not even in a church at the time. I had one more prayer, God if you want me in church give my husband that desire, and one day my husband said lets go to church. We were both believers, but situation had changed in our life to put us in a place of both pain, torment, aggravation, and hard to just sit in a pew with that much pain. My husband suffers with chronic pain, he will until either God heals him or medical field comes up with a good solution. Is healing for all, I believe it is, but I also think each us of us has to work through our own faith, our situation, and our understanding of God's timing, mercy and grace in our life. What God allows us to endure for the sake of others we will never fully understand. God's grace is sufficient for all our needs.
Apostle Paul ask God thrice to remove his burden, three times the answer was no. He continued to carry his cross and follow Jesus. No one knows for certain what the thorn in the flesh was, but it was devil that pricked him, whether physically, mentally, or emotionally, no one knows for sure. How long was my suffering? It was from 1990 to 2004. Fourteen and 6 months. Blind man in scripture waited fifty years for healing. For each person healed in Genessaret of Galilee we do not know how long they waited to touch the hem of Jesus garment, only that they were healed.
For those skeptics of healing by Jesus still being true for today, this is what I saying, be patient God not done with your life yet, and if you on the other side of glory as a believer think that person is healed, from just being in Christ presence. He is who cleanses us and dries our tears and gives us joy in the Lord, because He is God's salvation plan for man. Keep believing, keep praying, if you are not in church go as God leads you to go. Walk by his word(his Holy Word found in the Bible) and known by Christ's Spirit.
Even today we want to touch that hem of his garment one more time and see healing in our life. It hard loosing sight and yet happy I have not lost it all yet. Good days and bad vision days. Do I know what I will do if I loose it all, no. Am I falling apart? I be truthful, everyday is a challenge, everyday is a blessing, and everyday one has to move forward one step at a time. As 3D images before me become as only solitary image it kind of weird. Do I ask why God has not healed, no because he promised something down the road in life, and I am holding him to it. God healed me more then once in my life and I do not doubt he heal me again. Why because he is able to do more then ask, expect or understand. God is able because His word declares it, as Jesus walked even on water, scaring his disciples only for Peter to find fear at the waves around him not able to keep his eyes on the one that enabled him to walk on water.
Faith is one the hardest things to come by in this day and age, with all the human solutions, but God is able to build our faith without human solution that takes literally faith in God alone. God able to take and build our faith through miracles, wonders, and even healing. Where is our faith? Why is anyone without hope if miracles are real, God's word is real, it because people are blinded to truth. Our first step of faith sometimes come with our honesty of admitting we are in a place we do not receive all God has to say in scripture, it probably the most honest confession of a non beleiver there ever was. Yet these people are not necessarily without faith. They are without experience and knowledge about who God(Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is and how he is one in three person's, this knowledge and experience of knowing who God is and can change a person's life for God's glory and honor. With that, I say take one day, and one step of faith each day, until you understand who God is and his power that still in our world today by His Spirit. That miracles are still for today, but it is to glorify God. To remind people of the reality of who He is.
Dear Heavenly Father, we see those reaching to touch your hem bowing, but also know that your timing, your well for their life to receive your blessings will come when people will glorify your name for our blessings in our life. In Jesus precious name, Amen.
Continual Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 12:1-13 KJV
1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
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