ALL BECAUSE OF JESUS

Matthew 20:32-34 MSG Jesus stopped and called over, “What do you want from me?” They said, “Master, we want our eyes opened. We want to see!” Deeply moved, Jesus touched their eyes. They had their sight back that very instant, and joined the procession.

These two blind beggars were shouting their heads off to get Jesus’ attention in the middle of a great crowd of people. People tried to shut them up, but those men knew what they wanted and were prepared to make a spectacle of themselves to get it! They wanted Jesus’ attention more than anything else!

Those men hadn’t earned Jesus’ mercy, had done nothing to deserve His attention, hadn’t done anything other than call out to Him for mercy and for His help.

I wonder if we sometimes make the mistake of coming to Jesus to ask for our healing based on our good works, thinking ‘Jesus you ought to heal me!’ I’ve heard people say “They’ve been such a faithful servant, such a good person, God ought to heal them, they deserve it!” Actually, none of us deserve it!😊

We forget that the only way to receive anything from God is by His grace through faith. If we feel we ‘deserve’ to be healed then we’re believing we’ve earned it! If we know we don’t deserve anything but are just asking because of God’s great mercy (like the blind men) and because of Jesus’ shed blood, then we’re remembering it’s all because of what Jesus has done in His finished work on the Cross. By Jesus wounds we are healed. (1 Peter 2:24) It’s always all because of Jesus, not us!😊

We know we received the forgiveness of our sins by believing what Jesus did for us, and we receive everything else in exactly the same way. So whatever it is we need today let’s ask for His mercy because it’s new every morning, and for His grace, believing we receive it, and that it’s on its way.

I hope that encourages us to remember it’s not depending on us, and we can receive all God has for us, purely because of Jesus and His grace.😊 Amen.

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