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"Great multitudes followed him, and he healed
them all." - Matthew 12:15
What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus!
Yet we read not that he was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What
a singular variety of evils must have met at his feet! What sickening ulcers and
putrefying sores! Yet he was ready for every new shape of the monster evil, and
was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly from what quarter it might,
he quenched its fiery power. The heat of fever, or the cold of dropsy; the
lethargy of palsy, or the rage of madness; the filth of leprosy, or the darkness
of ophthalmia-all knew the power of his word, and fled at his command. In every
corner of the field he was triumphant over evil, and received the homage of
delivered captives. He came, he saw, he conquered everywhere. It is even so this
morning. Whatever my own case may be, the beloved Physician can heal me; and
whatever may be the state of others whom I may remember at this moment in
prayer, I may have hope in Jesus that he will be able to heal them of their
sins. My child, my friend, my dearest one, I can have hope for each, for all,
when I remember the healing power of my Lord; and on my own account, however
severe my struggle with sins and infirmities, I may yet be of good cheer. He who
on earth walked the hospitals, still dispenses his grace, and works wonders
among the sons of men: let me go to him at once in right earnest.
Let me praise him, this morning, as I remember how he wrought his spiritual
cures, which bring him most renown. It was by taking upon himself our
sicknesses. "By his stripes we are healed. " The Church on earth is full of
souls healed by our beloved Physician; and the inhabitants of heaven itself
confess that "He healed them all. " Come, then, my soul, publish abroad the
virtue of his grace, and let it be "to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting
sign which shall not be cut off. "
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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