The crowd must have scattered in horror as the leper approached. “Unclean! Unclean!” He shouted. He risked stoning, humiliation and death for being there.
But this Man from Nazareth was supposed to be healing the sick, and faith stirred his heart and pushed him toward Jesus.
The leper didn’t know what Jesus would do. He simply placed the matter in the Lord’s hands and left it up to Him. What faith. Then he said, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”
Mark 1:41-42 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
Everything changed that day. That leper was given a brand new life. That’s what Jesus does when He touches a life.
Jesus is ready to reach into your life and touch you at the very point of your need. Have faith.
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