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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Back to Earth!
Jesus came down from the hill. Many, many people followed
him. Then a man sick with leprosy came to Jesus. The man
bowed down before Jesus and said, "Lord, you have the power
to heal me if you want."
-- Matthew 8:1-2 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Sooner or later, after our moment in the sun, we all have to come down
from the mountain. Jesus has taught his disciples wondrously and
authoritatively. But no sooner does he come down from the mountain than
he is hit with problems. But rather than resenting the problems, he
seizes those problems and displays the compassion and power of God
himself. The word that was authoritative with the Sermon on the Mount,
now becomes the authoritative in the everyday horrors of broken people.
When people come to honestly worship him, they leave feeling incredibly
pumped up, because he not only takes care of the physical ailments but
their deeper Spiritual ones as well.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, thank you for Jesus' examples of reaching out to those in need
around him. Thank you even more that his word is not just powerful in
the message, but also in the practical everyday life struggles of
common people. His promise gives me assurance that he will not forget
my prayer to grow and mature. In the name of the compassionate
carpenter of Nazareth I pray. Amen.
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