Sunday, July 4, 2021
Bible Reflections I 05.07.2021 - Monday I Indraya Manna I
Readings:
I - Gen. 28:10-22
II - Mt.9: 18-26
HEART TO HEART CONNECT, ALL IN FAITH, WORKS MIRACLE
The pleading of a person with faith has the power to obtain that prayer, is the crux of the Gospel passage today. The official pleads with Jesus for the life of his dead daughter, “come and lay your hand on her and her life will be saved” and the woman suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years says to herself, “If I can only touch his cloak, I shall be well again”. The official pleaded with words and the woman with no words but both with a tremendous faith in Jesus obtains the miracle for them. The sincere prayer of both from their heart touches the heart of Jesus, causing, one to come alive and the other to get healed.
It is not in the multiplicity of our words that God hears our prayer but in the quality prayer with utmost faith and trust in the Lord. Jesus can understand our suffering “since he himself has gone through suffering and testing; he is able to help us when we are being tested” (Heb. 2:18). He can understand us even before we could speak as the Psalmist say, “You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord” (Ps. 139:4). The Scripture says, “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear” (Is. 59:1). Jesus can turn all our problems and worries upside down. All we need is faith and trust in the triune God as we read in the Book of Revelation, “He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain” (Rev. 21:4). Heart to heart connect, with Jesus, in faith can work miracles for us. When we are faced with fear, worries, problems and anxieties and are unable to trust in the Lord, let our hearts resonate with the prayer of the father who sought for the healing of his possessed son: “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief” (Mk. 9:24).
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