MATTHEW 8 - ‘’I AM WILLING’’

 

         Our devotion reading today is in Matthew 8. Oftentimes, we ask ourselves if God is willing to help us in times of need, we know that He is able but is He willing to help us?
 Let us read the verses in this chapter and see the responses of God to those who come to Him for help.

1) To a leper whom people don't want to get near or even touch asked if Jesus would be willing to heal him

Matthew 8:2-3  [2] And behold, a leper came to Him and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” [3] And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 

 2) To a  non-Jew who would have no right to ask for help since Jesus is for the Jews

[6] “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” [7] And He said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 

3) To the many people who came in the evening which is supposed to be a time of rest and sleep

[16] That evening they brought to Him many who were oppressed by demons, and He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. 

4) To already followers of Jesus, but still feared and worried of the storm

Matthew 8:25-26

[25] And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” [26] And He said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then He rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 

 5) To demon-possessed men who cannot say for themselves that they need help to cast out the demons in them

Matthew 8:28

[28]  And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. [32] And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. 

All of them were given help by the Lord Jesus but what is common about them is that they all come to Him. We need to come to God whatever our situations are. Even if we feel or think we are unclean, thinking that we have no right, that God may not give time for us, feel that we disappointed Him, still doubted, fearing more about the situations, feeling that we lost sight of God or feeling that we have no hope to be rescued or helped.... we must remember to come to God. It's all just what we think or feel, we did not ask yet what Jesus thought or felt about it. Let us just come to Him and lay down our burdens and situations. Let's commune with God, He is able and is willing to help.