Matthew 9 Continued
A
Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed
“While
he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt
before him, saying, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay your
hand on her, and she will live.'”
Jesus
doesn't get a bit of rest here, right after He teaches John's
disciples the rules of the New Kingdom, a prominent man among the
Jews, fell at his feet before him. How odd. If you can't grasp the
strangeness of this verse, imagine your governor bowing before your
pastor, pretty funny, right?
As
the leper earlier, this man is in need of Jesus.
Jesus
listens to the desperate, people that realize their other options are
bunk.
Its
common knowledge that's often overlooked: most people don't come to
Jesus until they reach the bottom: the jail cell, the funeral, after
being abandoned by everyone. The voice of God is nearly impossible to
hear unless you're looking for it, other things just seem to stuff up
our ears.
You
don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.
A
man like this, a ruler (as he's called) had options, other solutions
which would have allowed him the luxury of pride...but he chose
Jesus, he chose the way of humility.
On
the other side of things, the woman that bled for twelve years had no
doubt of her frailty. Her condition would not only have made her an
untouchable but...practically...foul smelling.
Two
people, opposite end of the pole, given new life in Christ.
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