A Life Worthy

Tag: signs of the Messiah

  • One-a-Day Tuesday, 1/6/15

    number 1When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?”  Jesus replied, “Go back and tell John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear …” (Matthew 11:2-5).

    When I was a kid, I said something that really impressed my grandma.

    Yeah, maybe your grandma is easy to impress; mine was not.

    Anyway, she was speaking to me, but I was not paying attention—bad habit, not impressive.  Gram called me on my inattentiveness and asked if I had heard her.

    “Oh, I heard you,” I said.  “I just wasn’t listening.”

    Gram took a moment to praise me for making the linguistic distinction before shredding me for not paying attention to her.  Funny how a thing like that sticks in your head.

    Christ has healed your ears, spiritually speaking.  The sin nature that kept you from hearing God has been defeated.

    You can hear, Beloved.

    But are you listening?

  • One-a-Day Friday, 1/2/15

    number 1OK, back to Matthew…

    When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?”  Jesus replied, “Go back and tell John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk …” (Matthew 11:2-5).

    I spent a little time on crutches when I was in high school.  How I got them doesn’t really matter.  I may have broken my leg leaping from a burning building while rescuing a small child.  I could have smashed my toe delivering a brutal kick to the head of a bad guy while defending my school from terrorists.  I might have tripped over one of those concrete blocks in the parking lot.  It’s kinda hard to remember.

    Anyway, I do remember the feeling of feeling…lame.  I couldn’t walk.  I couldn’t run.  I couldn’t dance—at least not without endangering those around me.

    Frankly, there are those who still fear my dancing.

    Isaiah identified healing the lame as one of the signs of the Messiah.  And Jesus healed.  But fixing the body—awesome as that was—was symbolic of greater work within.

    Jesus came to heal the broken—

    arms

    legs

    hearts

    souls

    As you head into your weekend, rejoice, Beloved.

    The Healer is here.

    Happy Friday.