Jesus begins to fulfil his ministry. He starts preaching, and more he starts healing.
His healing ministry is interesting to me, as I am starting to work with a new healing team in my church. We are learning about how to show God’s love, how to listen and how to pray.
One of the things that has been frightening me though is how full of rage I become sometimes. I was somewhat scared to see that when Jesus healed a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, the Pharisees were full of rage – because their rules had been broken.
Jesus pointed out that David and his men broke the rules of the Sabbath in order to survive when they were on the run from Saul, and asked: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil.”
Dear Father God, My heart is becoming choked with rage. Please forgive me for being a sinful person, and please create in me a clean heart, one that is filled with your love. Teach me to live according to the way that Jesus showed us in His sermon on the mount (also Luke 6) “Judge not and you shall not be judged. Condemn not and you shall not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” Thank You for giving us our Lord Jesus who has put us right with You. Please help me now to live in the way he showed us, and to not allow rage and anger to blind me to You. Thank You for my healing team. I feel healed just being in it. Please help me to be a channel for Your healing to others. In Jesus’ name, Amen