Jesus is Essential
Mark 1:29–31: Now as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them.
Jesus could have healed her any way he pleased. The reasons for the different ways in which he healed rested in the mental and moral condition of the people themselves and what he wanted to communicate. Here his reaching down and taking a dear woman by the hand was simply a natural, instinctive action springing from Jesus’ sympathetic love.
Jesus’ touch tells us volumes about what he is like and how much he loves us. To touch us in healing and in love—that is his instinctive way—the way of his healing heart. This is what he wants to do with each soul, both those who do not know Jesus and those who do, all who need a touch of grace. What a balm this ought to be to our hearts. 1
Walking with Jesus
The correct response to the healing love of Jesus is a serving heart for Jesus. Do you serve Him our of convenience, or out of sacrifice? The Body of Christ suffers greatly when its members do not serve with consistency, and with fullness of joy.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give His life a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45
There is no greater touch than the touch of Jesus. – TWEET IT
Praying
Lord, thank You for healing me when I was all broken down and of no value to anyone.
1. Hughes, R. K. (1989). Mark: Jesus, servant and savior. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books.
