Jesus is always willing!

"Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” 41Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”  42As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.  43And He strictly warned him and sent him away at once,  44and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 45However, he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city, but was outside in deserted places; and they came to Him from every direction" Mark 1:40-46   NKJ

Just look at how the man with Leprosy approached Jesus, 'If you are willing you can make me clean' Now, from one point of view, it could seem that the Man was quite arrogant by the sound of his words. But if you think about it, this man was in a terrible state, riddled with sores all over his body and the weakness he suffered. He was also an outcast; no one would want to go near him for fear of being contaminated with this illness. He really had no life but he had heard about Jesus and wanted to meet Him and ask for healing. Jesus' reply to him was epic, 'I am willing; be cleansed' and then touched him. The result being, he was healed straightaway.

Later, the author of Hebrews would write about Jesus: 'Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.  16Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.'  Hebrews 4:14-16. 

Even though this had not yet been written it was Holy Spirit inspired and needed for this man. He approached the Throne of Grace in his time of need and met with Jesus and was completely restored. Yes, we know that he disobeyed Jesus' request not to tell anyone but, let's face, wouldn't you after suffering this plague for so long. It meant Jesus had to make other plans of his next trip but I doubt that He would have been annoyed and would never take His healing back like some of us may have done.

Jesus is willing to heal you as well. Today, His Word says 'I am willing' Therefore take advantage of this and be healed.

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