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My Doctor

Jeremiah 8.21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;  I mourn, and horror grips me. 

22 Is there no balm in Gilead?  Is there no physician there?  Why then is there no healing  for the wound of my people?

Mark 6.53 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored  there.

54 As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus.

55  They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to  wherever they heard he was.

56 And wherever he went-into villages, towns or  countryside-they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let  them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.

Some people abuse themselves with bad habits for 40 years and then expect the  doctor to heal them in a few weeks...or days.  Some patients complain because  the doctor does not seem interested in listening to them for more than a few  minutes...or seconds.

However, most of us recognize their limitations.  They have limited knowledge  and resources for healing.  They have limited time to spend with us.  They  too will succumb to a physical assault that will stop their hearts.  If they  are wise, they will not guarantee success when they talk about treatments.   They will admit their limitations.

Consider the doctor who never lost a patient!  I am impressed with the  enthusiasm of those who brought their friends to Jesus.  Can you imagine the  popularity of a cardiologist who has treated hundreds of patients and never  lost one?  This gives us an idea about the responses to Jesus.  He never  failed to heal those He treated.  He was showing compassion and demonstrating  His divinity at the same time.  Only God could heal as Jesus healed.

Furthermore, Jesus stays with His patients.  He will never leave those He has  rescued from Satan and the disease of sin:

Hebrews 13.5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with  what you have, because God has said,  "Never will I leave you;  never will I forsake you."  6 So we say with confidence,  "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can man do to me?"

Dear Father, we are so grateful for the healing that lasts--the healing from  sin provided by the Savior.  We are grateful to be able to always live in  Your presence because of what Christ has done for us.  Help us to rejoice in  this knowledge today as we present our Doctor to those who need Him.  Help  those who are hurting.  We ask this in the name of our Great Physician.  Amen.

1 John 5.14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask  any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  15 And if we know that he  hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we  desired of him.

Only God can know HOW our prayers WORK but we believe HE answers. Please  write me to add names to the prayer list and to report changes in status.

Let us be thankful and prayerful!

Love
Brad Forgy