Read: Luke 5:12-16
Can you picture the scene? The priest stands in the temple performing his daily duties. There is a sense of the ordinary and routine about everything that is done when an overly zealous and enthusiastic man runs in yelling and screaming, wanting to offer the pigeons and lamb as sacrifice and to go through the cleansing ritual because he had been cleansed once and for all by the man who came down from the mountain. Imagine the shock of the priests and the temple guards. This ritual had never been carried out before. It had never been done because no one had ever been cleansed of leprosy. Imagine the questions that would have been asked in those hallowed halls. Who healed him? How was he healed? What happened? How can it be?
The healing miracles of Jesus stand as testimony to His messianic Lordship and His authority as the Son of God. But He never blows his own trumpet. Jesus wants us who have been healed and made whole by His love and grace to share testimony about what He has done in our life.
Think about it like this. You could have a theological argument with someone, for example, about the existence of God. You may or may not convert someone by doing so. You could have great success in arguing the point, win the argument and still not see that person come to Christ. You could have the best and most logical argument in the world and the other person may still turn and walk away without being convinced. But if you share what God has done in your life personally, that other person cannot argue or deny what God has done. As you take up an enthusiasm and joy like the healed leper you will be a powerful witness to Christ in your world. In Luke 15;5 we read that news about Him continued to spread and more and more people came to Jesus. People will come to Jesus. Your excitement and enthusiasm will be an attractive light to the people in your world. You can open up your mouth and declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
Read and memorise Luke 7:47. Think about how much God has done for you and look for opportunities to testify to God’s love.
Prayer Points:
> Pray for the team in Papua New Guinea.
> Pray for the first Christian Music Festival being organised in PNG.
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