Are You Willing?
A man with leprosy came to him [Jesus] and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. ~Mark 1:40-41
If you are willing.That really stood out to me. This man was crying out for healing.
Are you willing?
I was amazed by Jesus' humanness in this passage. He was filled with compassion and touched the man.
Jesus was willing.
Honestly, I'm usuallly not. I'm usually too busy. Or on my way to something more important. Or maybe I'm just hanging out with my friends. Either way, most of the time I do not even hear the man begging.
That's the first step isn't it? Just hearing the people around us in their need. They usually aren't speaking audibly, but with their faces and actions.
Are you hearing them?
Are you willing?
