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JESUS AND HIS MIRACLES (II)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
Matthew 9:18-34

Mark 5:22-43

 

“…Believe ye

that I am able to do this?…”

 

JESUS AND HIS MIRACLES (II)
 
Jesus performed four miracles in this account. First, He healed a woman with an incurable disease; second, He raised a young girl from the dead; third, He healed two blind men; and fourth, He cast out a demon from a dumb man.
 
A certain woman had a bleeding disease. She had spent all her money and yet remained unhealed. Jesus was her last hope. She did the right thing by going to the Lord. She had great faith. She believed that a simple touch of His clothes would be enough to heal her completely. Indeed power went out from Jesus when the woman touched His garment. Her bleeding stopped immediately.
 
Then there was Jairus whose daughter had died. Jesus raised her from the dead with a softly spoken word in Aramaic, Talitha cumi, which means “Little girl, I say to you, ‘Get up’.” Again, here we see the power of God’s Word, and the omnipotence of Jesus. He is also able to raise us up when our time on earth is up.
 
We also find Jesus healing not just one but two blind men. By a simple touch of His hands, their eyes opened.
 
The blind men were healed both physically and spiritually because of their faith. Although they were physically blind, they were not spiritually blind. They were able to see that Jesus is the Messianic Son of David (cf. 2 Sam 7:12-14). They saw not through their eyes, but through their ears. They heard His teaching. They heard of His wonderful works, and believed. The world says, “I must see in order to believe.” But the Bible says that you must believe in order to see (Rom 10:17, John 20:29).
 
In the deliverance of the dumb demoniac, we find an instance where a physical handicap was caused by demonic possession. When Jesus cast out the demon, his speech was restored. The people were astonished by what happened. They had never seen anything like it before. The medical doctors were powerless. The Jewish exorcists had failed. But Jesus delivered him. It was truly a miracle, and not trickery.
 
THOUGHT: We do not see in order to believe. We believe in order to see.

PRAYER: Father, help me to live by faith and not by sight.

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