VERSE FOR TODAY: This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases"' (Matthew 8:17, New International Version).
HYMN FOR TODAY: "What Wondrous Love Is This"
Oh, good! A guest teacher! Perhaps the crowds hoped to hear something new and different.
They got it. This new teacher spoke with authoritative ring in His voice. The crowd's musings may have continued. Who is this guy? Isn't He the carpenter's son from Nazareth? How did He come to know so much?"
Jesus didn't speak with empty words. He spoke with authority and action. Then He showed them His credentials, not in a piece of paper, but in miracles of love, mercy, and healing. God in the flesh was reaching out and touching mankind spirituality and physically, showing that He cares. Not only did He know firsthand what pain and sickness and death were, he also demonstrated that he had the power to overcome it.
Would He have your attention!? Would you wonder if someone with so much knowledge and power could care about someone like you and me? Then man who had healed from the evil spirit and Peter's mother- in- law could have no doubts.
We too need no doubt. The same Jesus knows us by name. He reaches out with power that we lack. What we need from to do is simply reach back.
PRAYER THOUGHTS: Thank You, Lord Jesus, for caring for us in such a visible ways. You are Lord over all, and yet You demonstrate Your power through Your loving and healing hands. May we turn to You and trust You for healing in our lives. You are truly wonderful. Amen.
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