Luke 5:12, 13
12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
Why would Jesus touch this man, when He is able to just for
afar off say go? It wasn’t important for
Jesus. It was important for the man.
Well I feel far off Kevin, you may see, I’ve had a rough
week, I have a busy life. Maybe I can
just shout from a distance. Jesus, touch
me, have mercy on me. I don’t really
feel like I can come to Him, so just send your word Jesus. Jesus says alright. But do you know what, He is waiting for you
to come, with leprosy and everything, just come to Him. What will you risk to come? What did the lady with the issue of blood
risk to come close to Jesus, what did the lepers risk to come to Jesus? Everything!
It was a different day back then.
They risked it all knowing they would receive it all. There is nothing you ever risk in your life
for Jesus, I promise you, that Jesus doesn’t have something else to put back in
that void that you feel is empty.
Of those 10 lepers only one came back. Those lepers needed a touch from Jesus to be
made whole. I know they were healed
physically. But do you understand who
Jesus is, do you understand how much He loves you? Your healing is not enough for Him. Your mindset being changed isn’t enough for
Jesus. He’s so big, He wants you WHOLE,
complete in your mind, in your emotions, in your body and He doesn’t get
exhausted. Think about when Jairus came
to ask Jesus to heal his daughter, and while he is talking to Jesus, the woman
with the issue of blood touches His cloak and Jesus shifts His attention to
her. What must Jairus be thinking; wait
a second, you budded the line, I was here first, right?! But you know something about Jesus, He can be
doing something over here, and at the same time, He’s still doing something
over there, while He’s doing something else over the other place, while He is
touching your life over here, all in perfect harmony. All with the perfect plan in mind. There is more where that came from. You can’t sap Him of the resources that He
wants to put in your life. What did I
say that for?
Well, because sometimes we are facing a lot of situations in
our life, things are falling apart, things are eating away so we start praying
the situation. The lepers didn’t spend a
lot of time explaining their situation.
They just called out. Jesus could
see their situation. He already knew it. They got their healing but only one
returned. My message today it; are you
returning? Are you the one that is going
to return to Jesus and thank Him for what you need. It is at the feet of Jesus where He speaks to
you. If you haven’t heard His voice for
a while just take a second and ask yourself, have I been spending time at the
feet of Jesus?
How do you get to the feet of Jesus Christ when you can’t
physically see him, that would be my question?
To me the feet of Jesus represents the place where I realize who I’m not
and who He is. When he touches you and
you are made whole, there is peace.
People ask me sometimes, when do I stop praying for something? The truth is when you get the peace on that
issue. It may take some time. You need to pray until the Holy Spirit brings
you that peace. Get that peace, that confirmation,
that touch, and then get up and go. And
as you go, He will put His goodness all over your go, I promise you. He loves it when you go.
Don’t keep hitting the snooze button when the alarm goes
off, you could miss what the Lord has for you.
You may miss it. When that
happens to me, I get right with the Lord and say Lord I feel like I missed
something, please bring that revolving door back around, give me another chance
to step through that door. I do believe
God can send it back, so you can step in.
How many times do you have that chance?
That I don’t know. It amazes me
that He is willing to do that, and He doesn’t tire of me. The last thing is this. People need you to wake up. Who is on your journey, what lepers are on
your journey today, this week? We heard
about how the lepers were there and the answer came by, you are the answer to
somebody this week. Christ in you is the
answer, where ever your journey takes you, will you hear the help from the
distance. Will you be sleeping, maybe
you have heard the help from a distance already? God’s got your road map planned, you are not
just saved for you, you are saved for them too.
So, who is on your journey this week that has a “leprosy” in their life
and are calling out. It may not sound
like a call, there may be other signs that they need a touch from Jesus, they
need something to be released from you to them, to bring them wholeness.
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