Jesus says, “I want to,
be thou healed”
Matthew 8:2-3
2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped Him
(Jesus), saying, “Lord, if Thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”
3 And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him,
saying, “I will; be thou clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
In the Living Bible, it words it this way: “Lord,
if You want to, You can heal me.”
Jesus touched the man.
“I want to”, He said. “Be healed”.
And instantly the leprosy disappeared.
Jesus wants to heal us. He takes great delight in
healing us. His desire is to see us whole in every part of our lives. Jesus
came to destroy the works of the devil and to give us abundant life.
A few verses down in this passage (Matthew 8:5-7),
a Centurion came to Jesus, beseeching Him to heal his servant who was sick of
palsy and grievously tormented.
Jesus' reply was:
“I will come and heal him.”
Jesus was ready and willing to heal the Centurion's
servant. (The Centurion did not feel it was necessary for Jesus to make the
trip to his home, but asked the Lord to just “speak the word”, and his servant
would be healed. So Jesus did just that, and the Centurion's servant was
healed.) Jesus would have gone to the Centurion's home though.
The point of this passage is that Jesus is more
than willing to heal us. Healing is His perfect will, because it's God's nature
to heal. Healing is in His Word, and His Word is His will.
God feels that healing is so important that He made
provision for it in the Blood Atonement on the Cross, along with salvation.
It's a package deal (the Blood of Jesus was shed for our salvation, healing and
finances).
Remember, Jesus wants to heal you. Just call
out to Him and receive in faith.
It is God's will that no one should perish (end up in hell), but that ALL should come to repentance.
For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.
The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.
I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow.
Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus (if you are not able to call him Lord yet, then just say "Jesus")
I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved.
I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me.
Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come.
And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.
I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints.
Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make.
God bless you!!!
