Power Came Out from Jesus
Scripture reading for November 12: Luke 6:17-19 “And He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch Him, for power came out from Him and healed them all.”
In Luke’s Gospel account, Jesus had just chosen His twelve disciples after a night of prayer. He brought these with Him to observe and be trained for ministry. Jesus drew large crowds and had many who followed Him. He had promised His disciples that He would help them become fishers of men and now Jesus began to demonstrate His ‘fishing’ technique. As the crowds of people came, they were exercising faith that Jesus could heal their diseases and cast out demons. They were attentive to Jesus’ teaching and preaching of the kingdom of heaven.
As the people pressed in, desiring to touch Jesus, power was flowed out of Jesus and brought healing and deliverance to all who believed. This power was God’s compassion and love for His hurting people. God’s love, ‘agape’, is a love that desires the best for each person and gives what is needed regardless of cost to bring blessing. When the power flowed, unclean spirits fled from their victims and people were set free. When the power flowed, diseases were cured and physical defects were restored. When Jesus spoke, the Spirit was released to complete the healing processes. Love from Jesus and expectation of faith from those needing help applied the power of the Spirit in joyful results.
Prayer: Father God, thank You for sending Jesus Christ to demonstrate Your love for us, Your hurting children. Increase our faith and holy expectation as we come to You each day to hear Good News and be healed. Amen.
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