I’m A Believer

I’m a Believer

A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed. “If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean,” he said. Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” Mark 1:40-41

The leper got right to the point. “If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”

The leper had it. He had no reason to, based upon how he was treated in those days. But the leper had it.

Jairus had it as he left the side of his sick daughter to find Jesus in the crowds far from his home. While he was gone, his daughter died. But Jairus still had it.

Mary and Martha—as different as two sisters can be—both had it as they wept over their brother, Lazarus, lying stone-cold dead in the tomb not far from their home in Bethany. And even though they felt Jesus was slow to come to their aid, they had it.

Had what? Belief. They all believed. They all believed that Jesus was who He said He was. They all believed that He was the Christ, the promised Messiah, and the Son of God. They all believed that He could do what He said He could do—and they believed that He cared for them and others. They heard what He was saying and about the miracles He was doing, and they believed.

If you’re like me, this next point is important. Don’t confuse understanding with believing. None of them understood—most things about Jesus were far beyond their limited minds and capabilities to understand. Count me in that group. But I don’t feel bad. There are biblical scholars who have spent their lives studying the Scriptures who can’t understand all that Jesus did and continues to do for us as the Son of God.

But believe? That’s something we all can do. Believe that Christ can heal that loved one who is sick. Believe He can provide that job that seems impossible to find. Believe He can change people’s hearts. It’s not necessary to understand how He is going to do all those things, but believe that He can! There is so much evidence of His life, His death, and His resurrection, it’s hard not to.

Uncommon Key > Simply put: Jesus said it. Jesus did it. Believe it! What do you need to believe that Jesus will do in your life today? Talk to Him about it.