Authority over Physical Struggles

Mark 1:40–41
40 And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.”

Jesus has authority to heal. Plain and simple. The leper knew it. The bleeding woman knew it. The blind, deaf, and paralyzed knew it.

Do you believe Jesus can?

The leper questions not Jesus’ ability but his willingness. In our world, where science, technology, and years of accumulated understanding exist, we are tempted to think only in the natural—what we have seen, heard, or experienced.

Can we really believe that Jesus can restore, remedy, and heal?
Not just in theory or in church, but that in real life with YOUR diagnosis, procedure, and pain!

Let’s be specific. We should pray about that chronic illness. We should pray about that procedure coming up. We should pray about a diagnosis that is discouraging. Pray and believe that God can. Pray and ask God that He will.

This is not guaranteed, as many still battle cancer, sickness, and chronic disease. This is not a result of lack of faith or failure to pray. All prayers, as Jesus instructed, ask that God’s will be done while still making our requests known!

As I consider the leper, I see faith. Faith in Jesus. Faith that can move mountains. Faith that makes all things possible.

Today, I invite you to ask the question I am asking myself: Do I believe that God can? Do I pray with faith or simply hopes and wishes? Am I confident in God’s abilities, or do I worship a limited deity?