[Anglican Devotional 16 December 2023] Topic: Take The Matter To Jesus
The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 16 December 2023 – Take The Matter To Jesus
TOPIC: Take The Matter To Jesus
READ: Matthew 17:14-21 (NKJV)
And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
- “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
- “So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
- Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
- And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
- Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
- So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
- “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
The MESSAGE:
Today, a mother has a son with a difficult health situation. She makes weekly trips to the Teaching Hospital for the son’s medical care. She goes to great lengths to deny herself many pleasures in order to save up funds for his medical bills and to buy special foods that he needs. My conclusion is that the love of a parent for his or her child is great. They hurt when the child hurts; they cry sometimes when a child is in trouble. We can therefore understand the predicament of this father when he came to Jesus.
What was the condition of the son? He was an epileptic and had suffered terribly. He often fell into the fire and water. All these would certainly put him in danger of death constantly. This was not an enviable position for a father to be. Are you a parent with a child in a rather difficult situation? Does your child or relation or friend fall often into the moral, health, financial, psychological or spiritual ‘fire’? Take the situation to Jesus. Note the steps this father took. (i) He came ‘kneeling.’ This is a position of humility. Come to Jesus, not with a sense of arrogance; come humbly. (ii) He told Jesus all about his son. Confess the situation as it is; do not embellish it. (iii) He pleaded for mercy. Do not come with a sense of merit; ask for mercy. Jesus will answer.
PRAYER: Lord, have mercy on me as I come unto you for divine healing!
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