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DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

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Luke 4:40-41

40 When the sun was setting, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. 41 Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.  

NIV

It appears Jesus ministered all night long as the next verses talk about in the morning or at daybreak. This demonstrates, once again, two truths for our lives. The first truth is that great need people have for Jesus. When most people would have been in bed sleeping these people were coming to Jesus with their family members or friends or neighbors who needed Jesus. From this description of what was going on we do see it was people bringing others to be healed by Jesus. We might have thought the people who needed to be healed would have come on their own, but it certainly says that people brought to Jesus all who had, and there is that word again, all. When we think of the physical application we are once again faced with looking to Jesus for healing. But when we see the spiritual application, many people, in fact all people need to be healed by Jesus. We need to be bringing all the people who have various kinds of sickness, which in the spiritual realm that can mean all sorts of sins. Jesus will heal them, he will lay his hand upon them as he has with us. The idea they were bringing them to Jesus all night long, also speaks to the fact, these people were bringing others to Jesus when it was not convenient for their schedule, but it was because Jesus was there and available. Jesus is always available to heal the sick, both physically and spiritually. We need to forget about fitting it into our time table and just bring people to Jesus and let him do the healing. This is also the second truth here, Jesus does the healing. Instead of us trying to convince people about Jesus, we just need to bring them to him. That would mean speaking to them, telling them about Jesus and his divine ability to heal their needs. We have planted the idea of Jesus healing them and then let the Spirit introduce them personally to Jesus. True, we can bring them to church, but that does not necessarily mean we have brought them to Jesus. Most church services are for believers, not for people who need Jesus. We are the only ones who can bring people to Jesus, the church usually fails in that regard. Yet all we bring to Jesus will be healed. So Jesus heals and we bring them to him so they can be healed. Someone brought us to Jesus and we were healed, so why wouldn’t we bring others? Yes, it is good to study his word and grow in the knowledge of him, but it is also good to bring those in need to Jesus, so they may be healed, and grow as well. Are we being selfish by not bringing others? Let us move on this and start bringing more, bringing all.