And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them. (Mark 1:29-31 ESV)
At first glance of this passage of Scripture it would be easy to minimize this miracle by saying “it was only a fever.” But, with closer inspection and with our own personal experiences, we know that something wrong in the body causes the fever. A fever makes a person feel bad enough and keeps one in bed, but more importantly there is something going on in the body that is causing the fever. In Jesus’ day, with limited medical knowledge, they treated a fever as a disease in itself and treated the fever instead of the cause. Many would die as a result.
We are so blessed in our day. Now we have medical science and medicine which are instruments of healing in our day, but the source of healing is always God. Whether healing comes from an instant miracle or through a process aided by medical procedures and medicine, it is God that brings the healing.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this, Pastor Greg!!! Amen and Amen!
Jesus never refused healing to a man. If God is the same yesterday, today and forever; then His WILL is still to HEAL.
I was JUST reading Exodus 23:25 - "So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you."
Posted by Catherine on 07/20/2010 13:59:41
Amen to this message! It is not unbelief to seek medical help! Jesus provided the knowledge that the medical field has now. Jesus is still the healer!
