I really love today's "Grace Inspirations" by Joseph Prince!
THE LORD IS ABLE AND MOST WILLING
Matthew 8:3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched
him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
When you see someone receiving a
miraculous healing or financial breakthrough, do you ask, “What about me,
Lord?” I believe that the leper who came to Jesus must have asked the same
question.
He must have heard or seen from a
distance, since he was not permitted to be in public places by the law, how
Jesus had healed the sick. So he had no doubt that Jesus could heal him, but he
was not sure if Jesus would. He said to Jesus, “Lord, if You are willing, You
can make me clean.” (Matthew 8:2) He was confident of the power of God, but not
the love of God for him.
Like the leper, maybe you don’t have a
problem believing that God can give you your miracle, since He is Almighty God.
But you are wondering if He will do it for you. My friend, let Jesus’ actions
and answer to the leper settle this question once and for all. He stretched
forth His hand, touched the leper and said, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And
immediately, the leper was healed.
I want you to notice that Jesus touched
the leper. He could have healed him from a distance with just a spoken word. He
had healed others this way as in the case of the centurion’s servant and the
Syro-Phoenician woman’s daughter. So why did He touch the leper?
Jesus knew that for so many years, the
leper had been cut off from his family and society, so he must have been
feeling dehumanized. I believe that Jesus touched him to make him feel human
again, to make him feel loved and accepted again. His touch was His love
language to the leper.
Can you see God’s heart of love here? Can
you see how much He loved the leper? That is how much He loves you! The day
that you come to know God’s heart of love and believe that He wants you blessed
more than you want to be blessed is the day that you receive your miracle!
Beloved, catch a glimpse of God’s heart
of love, and you will believe that He is not only able, but also willing to
make you whole!
Thought For The Day: God is not only able, but also willing
to make you whole!
AMEN! We like to say it this way at The Spoken Word Church: God is 100% ABLE (to heal, deliver, set free) AND He is at least 100% WILLING! In fact, He is even MORE willing than He is able, if that were possible! How can we say that? Because the Word of God tells us this in John 3:16-18:
16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. 18 He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.]
He has ALREADY given everything that He had, His MOST precious GIFT, to prove His great love for us! He could NOT love us more! AMEN! When we truly understand this, we will begin to receive our healing and deliverance faster than ever before! Let's get to it, bringing glory to HIM! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with "Behold - Then Sings My Soul":
Shalom in Him!
