Matthew 12:14-21 ~ Jesus healed them all

Jesus Teaching and Healing, Rembrandt Van Rijn

Matthew 12:14-21

14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.

15 Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all 16 and ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah [42:1-3]:

18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,

my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.

I will put my Spirit upon him,

and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud,

nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;

20 a bruised reed he will not break,

and a smoldering wick he will not quench,

until he brings justice to victory;

21 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

I'd been a Christian for more than two decades when it was pointed out to me how many times the Scriptures said "He healed them all." I remembered a lot of healings, the ones written about in more than a few sentences. Yet that small phrase "healed them all". Sometimes Scripture says they sought to touch Him & not just Jesus reaching out. Sometimes He physically touched them, and it also says merely, "He healed them all."


Sure, a lot of people were ill. When you think about the age: slavery, war, destruction, highway robbery, people born blind & the parable of the Good Samaritan - this was a difficult time. Not just the people who were deaf, blind, ill, but the sorrow of the people who had seen difficult things happen to loved ones. Children who died, loved ones who died in child birth, people who were well and suddenly died of fever. There are a lot of stipulations in the Bible for the fatherless and the widow.

What does it mean, "He healed them all?" The Word of God, proclaimed in love. The hopeless, the fearful, the lonely & the cut to the quick. The ones who had heard the Word of God in their youth - life had stamped on their seed of hope. The fruit of circumstance and the weed of bitterness, the joy found in life, had robbed them of their greatest need - the need of God.

These people who found Jesus had put aside the every day of life, they sought Him. Jesus didn't stay to quarrel, debate the Pharisees, shock, anger, and create a stir - Jesus wasn't a sidewalk hack or a temperamental star.

No, Jesus repaired the bruised reed. Jesus rekindled the flickering flame, the Light became a torch to carry in the soul. Jesus gave hope & mercy to the word - justice. Jesus didn't select a few, the Light of Jesus Christ is for all. Not just to the eyes blessed to see Him, but those who look to Him in faith, after He died, and today.

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,

my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.

I will put my Spirit upon him,

and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud,

nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;

20 a bruised reed he will not break,

and a smoldering wick he will not quench,

until he brings justice to victory;

21 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

Abba Father God,

Psalm 38:15
But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

Psalm 33:22
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Abba when You cover us in Jesus and we are abiding in You, we have expectation of Your Love and we abide in Hope.

Cover all the prayer requests and loved people in Jesus. We will have more of Your Good Will and Heaven on earth. And in knowing this we will have Your Peace.

Let us see them all healed in Jesus the Lord. Backs healed, cancer gone forever, eyes clear, ears calm and bright!

Every day we have a new day in You with New Mercies. Cover this Nation in Jesus Christ. All the faithful people in Your Beloved ask for this Nation in Jesus and more Heaven upon earth. Jesus to cover all the Nations seeking You.

We will say our Amen in Jesus Christ.

 
 

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †