October 21, 2012
Continuing in our our study of Matthew, we see that Peter was married. Many times in the Bible
we see the disciples with Jesus but here we see that the disciples have
families because they are at Peter’s house. When they went to the house Jesus
saw that Peter’s mother-in-law was sick. Jesus observed that she was not doing
her usually things and she was lying down sick. There is no request here like
the leper and centurion had made. There is simply an observation made by Jesus.
He didn’t wait for a request He just touched her and the fever left. With that
one touch she was healed and not because a request was made.
Jesus' encounter here is two verses long. In our other explorations in this series they are much longer. But here He saw, He touched, and
she was healed. This tells us that Jesus is always watching over us. We can’t
say I have aches and pains all over my body and you only touched my knee. We
forget that God didn’t have to touch us at all. Any touch we receive from God
deserves our praise. We are never out of His sight or far from his touch. The question is, Do we
expect His touch?
Now there where many people here to witness this event, as
in the case of the leper and the centurion where multitudes were following
Jesus. Peter’s mother-in-law was healed in the morning and by the evening
people were bringing those who were demon possessed to Jesus. Jesus cast out
these spirits with a word. Jesus did nothing that was out of line with the
Father that was foretold - Isaiah 53:4.
V17 – Jesus covers it all, no matter what the situation is.
Jesus reached out to the leper. The centurion was not Jewish but he was able to
come to Jesus with a request and have it be fulfilled. He even covers you when
you don’t make the request as with Peter’s mother-in-law. There are holes in
healthcare but there are no holes in Jesus-care.
In our lives this means that no matter what we are going
through, when we feel like an outcast, when other people bring us, when there
is a spiritual need, even when we don’t make the request, God covers us. We may
want things to go right all the time but that doesn’t always happen.
No matter
what the future holds God will cover us.
Pastor Pete
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