Read Luke 5:12-13
Yes, this week’s devotional theme is healing. Today we see a man who fell at Jesus’ feet with his face to the ground. He confesses his faith to Jesus knowing that if Jesus is willing, he can be “made clean.” Notice that Luke doesn’t just use the word healed, but “made clean.” People associated these types of diseases with some kind of sin during those days, and we can’t overlook the redemptive nature of this healing. While Jesus may not heal us of all our physical ailments (for example – Paul was not healed of his ailment) He will cleanse us from our sins, that is, make us clean in the eyes of God. To receive this blessing, we just have to do what the leper did, believe and confess our faith in him as Lord and Savior.
I urge you to give thanks in your prayer today that Jesus was and is willing to make us clean from our sins against God.
Brett Spalding, Pastor