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JESUS HEALED:

We know that healing was a great part of Jesus’ ministry.  As Jesus looked over the many crowds that would follow Him, the Bible states that He was moved with compassion.  We should also meditate upon the fact that even though Jesus saw the crowd, He also always saw the individual.  What a lesson for us today.

Jesus can still heal today.  I have seen God heal instantly in answer to prayer.  Some may have a problem with this, but regardless, it is true.  Ultimately, all healing comes from God.  As followers of Jesus, you and I are to be agents of healing.  This does not mean that God will use us for the physical healing of others, although He can still do that if He so chooses.  Healing can come in many different forms.  Our words, for example, can heal or hurt others.  Do our words, actions, and ministries bring healing to others?  It’s interesting to note that in the New Testament whenever anyone needed healing, help, or hope, you never see them go to the Pharisees.  They went to Jesus.  Do people know they can come to you for healing, help, and hope through Jesus?

JESUS EVANGELIZED:

Jesus continually called people to follow Him.  He called them to choose.  In His Great Commission, when He states, “Go therefore…”, it literally means, “as you go.”  The idea is, as you go throughout your daily life, be His witness, make disciples.  As you go to the store, to school, to work, to the game, wherever, as you go realize that you are always a witness for Christ, for better or worse.  You may not be a vocational evangelist, you may not have the spiritual gift of evangelism, but all disciples of Jesus are commanded to be His witnesses.

Ask God to give you opportunities to share Jesus with others, He will.  He will also give you the boldness, the confidence, and the clarity you need to be His witness.  Sometimes we make it harder than it has to be.  A witness is simply someone who shares what they have seen, heard, and experienced.  We “witness” to others about all kinds of things that happen in our lives and about things that are important to us.  When we lead others to Christ, this is part of what it means to bear fruit.  In John 15, Jesus said that when we bear fruit, the Father is glorified and we prove to be His disciples.

Until next time,                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Allen