20
Jul '20
He Touched Me
20
Jul '20
Mark 8:22-26
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.”
Introduction: I love the song, “Shackled by a heavy burden, neath the load of guilt and shame… but the hand of Jesus touched me, and now I am no longer the same…. He touched me, Ohhhh….. He touched me, and Oh the joy that floods my soul. …something happened and now I know…. He touched me and made me whole.” Mark, secretary to Peter, wrote in his gospel (believed by some to be the earliest), of a blind man’s supernatural encounter with Jesus. Jesus wants to TOUCH our blind eyes and dull hearts today.
Check it out:
1. A blind man had a NEED! (Mark 8:22)
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.”
• First, we’ve got to get people to JESUS
• JESUS can touch them and heal them
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.”
• First, we’ve got to get people to JESUS
• JESUS can touch them and heal them
2. JESUS met that NEED! (Mark 8:23)
“And he took the blind man, and led him out of town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.”
• “He led him out of town” – this is a picture of people leaving (out of town) their sin
• “He spit on his eyes”- this is a picture (to me) of the red crimson flowing blood of Jesus that washes our sin away and opens up spiritually blind eyes
• “He spit on his eyes”- this is a picture (to me) of the red crimson flowing blood of Jesus that washes our sin away and opens up spiritually blind eyes
3. You have a NEED – JESUS can meet that NEED! (Mark 8:24, 25)
• Spiritual need?
• Physical need?
• Emotional need?
• Relational need?
• Financial need?
• Vocational need?
• Emotional need?
• Relational need?
• Financial need?
• Vocational need?
Conclusion: Before writing this devotion, I talked and prayed with a man who told me his wife, who had been going through chemotherapy and radiation to treat cancer (3-4 months), just heard back from the doctor she is now CANCER FREE! Needless to say, we rejoiced and praised the GREAT PHYSICIAN, our Lord Jesus Christ, for using doctors and medicine, but ultimately JESUS TOUCHED her body!! Jesus can TOUCH your SIN-SICK body and bring spiritual healing. Jesus can touch your diseased body and bring physical healing. Has He “TOUCHED” you?
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese