HEAL - God's Heart for Healing in LukeSample

Help Is On The Way

Jesus left Capernaum and headed toward Nain with a huge crowd following Him. For safety purposes, the towns in those days often had walls around them with gates as the only entrances. As Jesus and the crowd arrived at the town gate, a funeral procession was coming out of the gate and it was one of the worst kinds of death…a widow having to bury her only child! Jesus showed great compassion to the woman and said, “Don’t cry.” He walked over to her dead son and touched the plank upon which he lay.  

Immediately everyone froze, likely because Jewish custom was that to come in contact with the dead would cause one to be “unclean” and, subsequently, cast out from amongst the people. Jesus was not concerned about all those rules. He intended to bring life to this boy. Again, we see that He simply spoke the word, “Young man, I say to you get up!” And, again, that’s exactly what the young man did!  

Notice the young man began to speak as well. Although we don’t know what he spoke, we can be certain of what his mother would have been speaking! And the reaction of the crowd was, “God has come to HELP his people.” Yes, indeed He came to help His people!

QUESTIONS:

1. Am I consistently speaking the Word of God over my situation?
2. Do I believe Jesus still “comes to help?”
3. Could a change in my circumstances be headed my way?