"And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him."
Luke 5:12-13
I really like this story because the leper had faith that God could heal him. He didn't really know if he would though, and Christ showed him that no only could he do it, he wanted to do it, and he was healed.
I think this is a common plight for many of us as well. We know that God has the power to heal us... spiritually and mentally as well as physically. But is what we are going through a necessary test, or something that the Lord can remove instantly? We have much less confidence in this area, but we might be thinking about it in the wrong way.
Everything God does is to help us, heal us, and lead us to happiness. If there is something that we are going through now that is hard, God is weighing it against something later that this hardship is going to help us solve, or weighing it against that future person that we will become, who is stronger and better after overcoming this.
Sometimes becoming clean isn't instantaneous like this... it is learning to be clean so that we will stay that way, and God will teach us that too, because he ALWAYS says "I will" when we ask if he is willing to help. We just have to continue faithful as we learn how to accept the help that God gives us and understand that it can't always be immediate.
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