Jesus,moved with compassion,stretched out His hand and touched him.-Mark1:41(Our Daily Bread)
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Mark 1:40-45
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” 42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
43 Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: 44 “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 45 Instead
he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result,
Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely
places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
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Wind And Fire
from: http://odb.org/2012/12/28/wind-and-fire/
Sometimes when I want to start a fire, the wind puts it out. But when
I try to keep a fire burning, wind keeps it going. So, in the first
situation, I label wind “bad” because it thwarts my plans; in the other,
I label it “good” because it helps me accomplish what I want to get
done.
This paradox illustrates how we judge things by the way they affect
us. We declare circumstances or people “bad” if they thwart our plans or
cause us inconvenience. We judge circumstances or people “good” if we
agree with them and they support our cause.
But God is the One who determines what is good or bad, and He does so
not by how it affects our plans but by whether or not it accomplishes
His. His plan is that we would be “a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people.” And His purpose for us is to “proclaim the
praises of Him who called [us] out of darkness into His marvelous light”
(1 Peter 2:9).
To accomplish God’s good purpose, we are to respect all people, love
other believers, fear God, and honor those who rule over us—even when
something doesn’t seem good to us (v.17). These kinds of actions may fan
a spark of belief in those who observe our responses to “bad”
circumstances and most of all bring praise to God.
Day by day and with each passing moment,
Strength I find to meet my trials here.
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear. —Berg
When things look bad, remember God is good.
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