"HOPE THROUGH SCRIPTURE FOR THOSE ASKING JESUS TO HELP THEM"
Luke 5:12 And it happened when He was in
a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus;
and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are
willing, You can make me clean.”
Luke 5:13 Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
Some explanatory thoughts:
1. First of all, do you think it was a
coincidence, that Jesus and this leper found themselves together in the
same city? I do not. For God's children, there are no coincidences. The
Bible tells us that He is in control of all things, and that means all
things. The Bible tells us He knows what we have need of before we ask.
He knows where we are, and what we are thinking etc.
2. This man, was full of leprosy, (the
Bible uses leprosy as a type of sin) saw Jesus. Again, no coincidence.
Sin, like leprosy, eventually ends in death. In the meantime, it
destroys slowly, it takes away usefulness, it isolates us, it makes us
not want to be with others, etc, etc.
3. The leprous man fell on his face and
implored, (which means, to desire, to make request, to beg, to ask, to
pray) This man was at the end of his rope as it were. He had apparently
heard like we have, that Jesus can help a man, no matter what the
problem is. He did the sane thing, he humbled himself and asked Jesus a
question.
4. Here's the question he asked, “Lord,
if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Little did he know how
willing the Lord was. He had some sense or belief that Jesus could heal
him, but, he was not sure if Jesus would help him.
5. Here's what Jesus did. Luke 5:13 Then
He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be
cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him. May I say, that this is
what Jesus will do for you also. He will reach out to your prayer, He
will cleanse you of sin. The Bible is chock full of stories of people
like this leper, who asked God to help them, and He did. And, He will
for you also.
6. Note: God may or may not heal a
disease, but, He will every time, forgive sin, and bring healing to our
hearts from the sin we have done. We can count on that. He is our Saving
Savior. Let's go to Him with our needs today. Will You do that? I pray
you will, because, He is willing.
A prayer:
Lord, Thank You for showing us about who
You are in the Bible. We need to know more and more about You, and it
helps us so much when we learn about Your ways and Your actions, and
what You will do for us. You are our friend, You want us to come to You,
You will not deny our approaching You, we can and ought to run as fast
as we can to You, anytime of the day or night, with any problem we have,
and seek Your help. There is nothing that You cannot help us with.
Thank You Lord, In Jesus name, amen
Pastor Bob Grenier
