“And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.””
Matthew 8:14-17 ESV
True or False?
- Peter was married…
- She and possibly others from Peters family witnessed Jesus perform miracles
- Fevers leave at the touch of Jesus
- She responded well, she rose and began to serve him.
- Many, that evening, witnessed the healing power of Jesus
- Jesus cast out demons with a word
- Of the sick brought to him, there wasn’t one who left sick.
- A purpose revealed: to fulfill what was written by the prophet Isaiah.
Question: Am I willing to bring a sick person (physically or spiritually) to Jesus for healing – and if so what does that look like?
Truth:
The spiritually and physically sick are all around us, sometimes they are us. If we ourselves, or they, haven’t yet been brought to Jesus for healing, today is the day. If they have but are still experiencing sickness it’s okay to knock again. Ask for peace, ask for strength, keep asking for healing, ask for rest. God loves us, he’s not going to condemn us for being persistent in our asking by the faith he gives us.
Matthew 7:7 says “keep asking, keep knocking, keep searching” and this is in reference to good gifts. And all healing miracles of God are good gifts. How we respond doesn’t negate the fact that God’s gift of healing is a good gift. The nine lepers who received healing and didn’t praise God, didn’t receive a bad gift, they just responded poorly. (see Luke 17:71-19)
God may we first recognize your love and grace for us. Please increase our love for our neighbor, and for each other. Help us grow in love so that we may, with a pure heart, bring others to you from a place of love. Amen