Miracles

Dear One and I were reading the scriptures.  This time it was Matthew 8 and Matthew 9 in the King James New Testament.  These chapters recount some of the early miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ.   I noticed something about them that I had not really thought of before. 

1.  The leper worshipped Him then asked to be made clean.  Actually, the leper said that if the Savior would, He could heal the leper.  And the Savior said, "I will." And he was healed.

2.  When Jesus entered Capernaum a centurion begged Jesus to heal his ailing servant. Jesus said He would come and heal him, but the centurion felt unworthy and told the Savior if He just said the word, that his servant could be healed.  And He did and the servant was healed.

3.  Peter's mother-in-law was sick of a fever when Jesus came to the house.  He just touched her and she was healed and arose and then ministered unto them herself.

4.  When the Savior entered His own city, people brought a man sick of the palsy to Him to be healed.  Jesus recognized their faith and healed the man.

5.  One of the most interesting of the miracles was a ruler came to Jesus and told Jesus that his daughter was dead and if Jesus would just come and lay His hand upon her, she would live.  And Jesus did it.

The thing that I noticed about these miracles this time reading through them was that in most of these instances, and many others I am remembering,  people came to Jesus with faith in their hearts and minds and worshipped Him, and then asked Him to heal either themselves or their loved and needed ones.  These people all had faith in Jesus and in His ability to heal them.  Then they asked.

Can it not be the same for us?  I know He can heal me and those I care about of our various infirmities.  I think we just need to ask with that same faith as our brothers and sisters asked in the meridian of time, and He will heal us, too.    Just ask.  That same ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you.  I have a good mind to ask more often, even though we have already had miracles in our lives, which I may talk about another time.

How I love the words of the scriptures!  They bless my life and give me hope and peace and comfort and strength to keep moving forward.