Jesus Healed An Epileptic Boy
According to Luke, the very next day as he
descended from the mount of transfiguration, a crowd had already gathered to
meet Jesus:
“Then on the following day, as they came down the
hill-side a great crowd met him. Suddenly a man from the crowd shouted out,
“Master, please come and look at my son! He’s my only child, and without any
warning some spirit gets hold of him and he calls out suddenly. Then it
convulses him until he foams at the mouth, and only after a fearful struggle
does it go away and leave him bruised all over. I begged your disciples to get
rid of it, but they couldn’t.”
“You really are an unbelieving and difficult
people,” replied Jesus, “How long must I be with you, how long must I put up
with you? Bring him here to me.”
But even while the boy was on his way, the spirit
hurled him to the ground in a dreadful convulsion. Then Jesus reprimanded the
evil spirit, healed the lad and handed him back to his father. And everybody
present was amazed at this demonstration of the power of God. (Luke 9:37-43, J.B.
Phillips The New Testament in Modern
English, Geoffrey Bles Ltd., 1960)
A father’s love for his only son drove him to
make an urgent appeal to Jesus. We don’t have many details, but Luke reports
that an evil spirit would take control of his son, throw him into convulsions,
and leave him battered and bruised.
But Jesus overcame the evil spirit, healed the
boy, and handed him back to his father.
By looking at one individual’s anguish, seeing
the bruised boy, and feeling the pain of a desperate father, we are reminded
how such scenes are repeated every day, every night, all around the world. Like
the father in Luke’s account we cry out to God to bring healing into our
desperate situation.
In the year 2020, a novel coronavirus is sweeping
away lives in country after country.
When can it be slowed down? When can a vaccine
stop this virus?
Pray for God’s Protection & Power for those Battling
Coronavirus!
Let us join in prayer and ask God to demonstrate his power
through the heroic doctors, nurses, caregivers, and first responders who are
risking their lives to save others.
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