The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

H2
HEALING OF THE
smattering of knowledge in their little heads, and no
hearts at all. There were selfish, pushing, vulgar
people, who would not make way for a sick and
paralysed man. There were scoffers and confirmed
sceptics, ready to deny or throw ridicule on everything
that Christ did and said. Unbelief and hardness
of heart were shown on every face. It was
certainly not a place or gathering favourable to the
workings of God.
But there was one man who had come prepared
one man with a humbled spirit, because he carried
the burden of a wounded and broken life.
This one
man, full of weariness and pain, came with a prayer
for help in his heart, with an urgent sense of need
driving him, with a faint hope that Christ might
possibly do something for him.
with a bit of faith ;
and
He was the one man
that bit of faith moved the
compassion of the Saviour, touched the springs of
His divine power, and brought healing. He got the
blessing which was lost upon all the others. Yes, it
does not matter where we are—though unbelief
is in the very air we breathe, though all the hearts
about us are closed and steeled against God, and all
lips speak scornfully of things divine, if we only long
for a saving touch of Christ it will be given to us. If
there is but one person in this sanctuary to-night
who has come with a sorrowful, anxious, hungry
spirit, wishing and hoping that Christ may meet him
here and help him, that one is almost sure to get the
help, though in all the congregation there may not
be another blessed and strengthened in the same
way. Now, look at the miracle—the way in which it
was done, and the person.