Do you see your favorite doctor when you are sick? Have you gone to a doctor who was not very good, in your opinion? Have you gone to a different doctor to receive a different or to confirm a diagnosis? Do you ask people you know for recommendations regarding which doctor to see?
Medical diagnosis is important. A proper diagnosis is needed to appropriately treat the ailment. Many of us have sought a second opinion for a diagnosis. We may also have changed our family doctor due to loosing trust in the one we were seeing. Trusting the doctor we see is important.
When it comes to seeing a doctor we trust, people haven’t changed much over the past couple of millennia. In the first century, the stories of Jesus’ healings spread like wildfire. People were amazed at Him healing all kinds of illnesses, including some diseases the doctors of the first century could not heal.
Jesus’ fame grew to the point that people merely wanted to touch the edge of his clothing, believing they would be healed by doing so. Being both fully human and fully God, He certainly could heal them with a touch. The power of healing emanated from Him. He is the master Healer who can heal us of whatever ails us. Though we do not hear of many miraculous healings today, we do hear of them. Jesus still heals.
Some may say Jesus’ healing depends on the faith of the person who is sick. Others will say it is the faith of those who ask Jesus for healing. Still others will say it is solely Jesus’ choice to heal or not to heal. The truth of the matter is…we don’t know. What we do know is Jesus heals and believing He can and submitting to His will is always the right way to approach Him for healing.
I pray we all believe Jesus can heal. I pray we seek Him to heal us of all our sickness—emotional, physical, and spiritual. I pray each one of us put our faith in Jesus and submit to His will. Put your faith in Jesus. Seek Jesus for healing. Submit to His will. Trust Jesus.
Mark 6:56 And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
Marty Pressey 